With the Wheatley Water Treatment plant still offline, municipal officials have issued lawn-watering restrictions in Tilbury and Wheatley.
Effective April 24, people are to limit the watering of their lawns to every other day,
The restrictions apply to commercial and residential water users.
Other restrictions include all irrigation uses and other non-essential uses of the potable water supply.
People with odd-numbered addresses can water their lawns on odd-numbered days, while the even-numbered brigade can hydrate their grass on even-numbered days.
There is, however, be a two-month grace period for newly sodded lawns.
Chatham-Kent Public Utilities director of operations Karen Burgess said the restrictions are in place because of the limitations on the Wheatley plant and the warm weather.
“This is the first step in the restrictions. C-K PUC may need to implement further restrictions if the water system does not see any relief,” she said in a media release.
