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Due to a pipeline rupture at the City of Paris Water Treatment Plant, the facility is experiencing a diminished capacity to convey water to the City. Repair crews are on site. However, there is currently no estimate for the necessary repair time.
Out of an abundance of caution, City officials are initiating strategies employed typically during times when water conservation is important.
Starting Monday, the City of Paris asks citizens and businesses to eliminate non-essential water use.
Non-essential water is the uses that are neither essential nor required for the protection of public health, safety, and welfare, including:
1) Irrigation of landscape areas, including, without limitation: yards, parks, and athletic fields.
2) Use of water to wash any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane, or other vehicle
3) Use of water to wash down any sidewalks, walkways, driveways, parking lots, tennis courts
4) Use of water to wash down buildings or structures for purposes other than immediate fire protection
5) Flushing gutters or permitting water to run or accumulate in any gutter or street
6) Use of water to fill, refill, or add to any indoor or outdoor swimming pools or jacuzzi-type pools
7) Use of water in a fountain or pond for aesthetic or scenic purposes except where necessary to support aquatic life
8) Use water from hydrants for construction purposes or other purposes other than firefighting
The quality of the water currently in storage tanks and produced by the water treatment plant has remained the same. There is no concern over the quality or the safety level of the water going to our customers. The problem is solely with the amount of water in our storage tanks.
Voluntary compliance and public cooperation with curtailing water usage during this repair is greatly appreciated.
The City of Paris will issue public notifications upon completion of these water supply lines’ repairs and an announcement authorizing citizens to resume normal water usage.