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Haverhill water director warns of low reservoir levels, council refers drought response to planning committee
Summary
Water Director Robert Ward told the Haverhill City Council that Kenoza Lake is about 6.5 feet below full and the city is in a state-level drought warning; the council voted unanimously to send longer-term planning and possible ordinance updates to the Planning & Development subcommittee.
Kenoza Lake was 107.8 feet on the day of the council meeting — about 6.7 feet below its full elevation of 114.5 feet — and Haverhill is now inside a state-declared drought warning area, the citys water director told the City Council.
"We are in a much better position right now than we were last March," Water Director Robert E. Ward said, contrasting the current voluntary conservation stance with the mandatory outdoor restrictions the city adopted during a spring emergency drought declaration. He warned that this years June
ugust rainfall totals…
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