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Mayor Staley urges water conservation as city monitors reservoir levels amid drought
Summary
In a February message, Mayor Staley warned of a "very significant drought," said county reservoirs are "about 73% full," and urged residents to limit lawn watering; he credited local turf removal efforts for saving water but presented the figures as estimates from his remarks.
Mayor Staley used his February mayor's message to urge Washington City residents to conserve water as the region faces a "very significant drought." He said the county's reservoirs are "at about 73% full," a figure he described as "remarkably high" only because of last year's wetter conditions and warned that early or excessive lawn watering this spring could quickly deplete storage.
Staley pointed…
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