Lacey updates water-shortage response plan, reminds customers of odd/even watering and exemptions

Charlene McKendree, the city’s water resource specialist, presented the City of Lacey’s 2025 Water Shortage Response Plan and the 2025 Consumer Confidence (water-quality) Report at the June 3 council meeting, describing trigger metrics, customer rules, and outreach measures for drought and operational shortages.

McKendree said the plan is updated annually and uses a present-possible-production metric (P3) that considers 24-hour maximum well pumping and reservoir capacity. She said the plan’s irrigation-season measures are in effect June 1 through Sept. 30 and may be adjusted by the Water Shortage Response Team as conditions change. "Stage 1 advisory, that's what we're in right now. It's, we ask all the water utility customers to abide by the odd and schedule so and it's in effect June 1 through September 30 also," McKendree said.

Stage definitions: the plan uses four…