Details on Concord’s Outdoor Water Use Restriction

As the heat keeps coming the hits, too, keep coming.

On Thursday, June 18, the town of Concord announced an outdoor water use restriction. That move comes several days into a heat wave that could last through Saturday.

According to the announcement, the extended period of extreme heat—a term typically used to describe a string of days with temperatures in the 90s or higher—concurrent with a lack of precipitation, customer demand has reached the limits of the town’s available water supply. Which leads to the water use restriction.

To curtail water use, the following restrictions have been put in place until further notice:

Outdoor Uses

• Lawn Watering – restricted to a maximum of two days per week*
• Swimming Pools – restricted to topping-off only (no filling)*
• Residential Gardens – handheld watering only
• Car/Truck/Boats – bring to commercial carwash

Indoor Uses

• Dishwashers – wash full loads
• Laundry – wash full loads
• Showering/Bathing – reduce time in the shower … which generally use less water than baths

Note: Those restrictions denoted with an asterisk are enforceable with fines under the town’s Water Use Restriction Bylaw. Those fines are $50 for a first offense; $100 for each additional offense.

Concord Public Works will be monitoring customer demand and the available water supply around the clock, and will provide more information