PORT ANGELES — More water users around the Port Angeles area have been given a stage 2 alert urging voluntary water conservation measures by the Clallam County Public Utility District.
The affected areas of Gales Addition (1,299 customers), Mount Angeles (171) and Monroe (85) join the city of Port Angeles in the stage 2 emergency because all areas share the Elwha River as the water source, said Mike Kitz, Clallam PUD water and wastewater system superintendent.
Port Angeles city imposed a stage 2 emergency earlier this week. Read here: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150618/NEWS/306189987
Clallam PUD earlier this month declared a stage 4 emergency calling for mandatory outdoor restrictions in the Upper Fairview Water District as required by the state Department of Ecology. Read here: https://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20150611/NEWS/306119993/0/SEARCH
Other water districts in the Clallam PUD system include Lower Fairview, Evergreen and Carlsborg, which rely on groundwater, which is at a near-normal level for June, and Clallam Bay-Sekiu and Island View, which do not depend on snowpack and may not experience drought-related problems, Kitz said.
Nonetheless, the PUD is urging customers of all its districts to conserve water, he added.
More information about the Clallam PUD water actions can be found at www.clallampud.net
