Strict water measures invoked in area east of Port Angeles

Published 12:01 am Tuesday, September 13, 2005

Users in Clallam County Public Utility District’s Fairview Water District are now prohibited from watering their lawns or washing their cars.

Those are two stipulations of a Stage 3 alert issued by the PUD on Monday because Morse Creek, which is tapped for the Fairview area east of Port Angeles, has dropped below a flow of 25 cubic feet per second because of dry conditions in the Olympics.

Indoor conservation measures required under Stage 3 include fixing leaky faucets and toilets, taking shorter showers (and no baths), installing low-flow shower heads and faucets, only using full loads in dishwashers and clothes washers, and reusing of clean household water.