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12 /26/1991
PUBLIC WORKS DEPT
PO BOX 478
COPPELL TX 75019 -0478
DECEMBER 16, 2011 SERVING COPPELL, VALLEY RANCH AND HACKBERRY CREEK SINCE 1984
City Resumes Stage 1
Water Restrictions
Council Okays New False Alarm Fees, Billing
By Jane Moore water consumption by five per -
cent.
Rains this week were a drop The efforts are part of a con -
in the bucket for the state's con- tingency plan to address the
tinuing drought, and Coppell is drought, which climatologists pre -
reinstating summer watering re- dict will last at least through the
strictions to help prepare for the summer of 2012.
worst. According to Ken Griffin,
Coppell's Stage 1 "water city engineer, the current drought
awareness" plan prohibits auto- has surpassed one in the 1950s
matic or sprinkler watering be- as a benchmark of severity.
tween the hours of 10:00 a.m. Lakes that supply water for the
and 6:00 p.m. seven days a week. area are down as follows: Lake
Hand watering is allowed at any Fork, 7.4 inches; Lake
time. The move follows restric- Tawokoni, 7.2 inches; Lewisville
tions that began this week in Lake, 6.6 inches; Lake Ray
Dallas, which provides water for Hubbard, 5.6 inches; Grapevine
Coppell. Dallas has imposed Lake, 5 inches; and Ray Rob -
more stringent restrictions in its erts Lake, 4.6 inches.
city limits, and asked, but did not
mandate, that Coppell reduce its see CITY on page 19
Citizens' e
CITY Some people are predict
this drought will last seven years,"
from page 1 said Hunt. "I don't think this is go-
ing to come as a surprise to anyone
Griffin said two major users of — there may be some that say
water in Coppell are the City and `should pie do more ? "'
Coppell TSD: However, during the
summer, residential use skyrockets. New Fees, Billing for
Focusing on cutting back now FalseAlanns
will ensure reserves, and City Coun- City Council members on Tues-
cil member Karen Hunt said she be- day approved new fees for resi-
lieved most residents will under- dents or businesses that have ex-
stand. cessive false alarm activity, and ap -.
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Blvd. (St. Ann Parish), 7:59 p.m.; 400 tivation, 600 S. MacArthur Blvd., Library Board Youth Advisors . Wilson had three points and eight
blockMeadowcreek, 8:31 p.m. 10:08 p.m are Sai Panguluri and Sashwat rebounds for West. The C teams
December 7: CO detector acti- December 10: Medical: 300block Chaturvedi. record is 0-2. :
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