Impellers of the community
Water pressure has been a tad low the past couple of weeks, which I attributed to the lack of rain — we’re running about 30 percent of normal for the month — and the attendant increase in lawn watering, resulting in reduced supplies.
No, says the city, supplies are fine. It’s something else entirely:
A water pump failed and could impact water pressure in the west area of the city during the next few days.
“When temperatures reach triple digits, we tend to use a lot of water, especially on our yards,” Marsha Slaughter, director of Oklahoma City’s Utilities Department said. “The longer we go without rain and the warmer temperatures get, the more demand for water we have. Oklahoma City has a plentiful water supply, but it’s a good time to voluntarily conserve water and help our neighbors maintain adequate pressure.”
The next step, if there is one, will presumably not be quite so voluntary, but that doesn’t happen very often, and my consumption is generally low enough (below 3,000 gallons a month) that I don’t run into difficulties when it does.
No word on when the pump will be back in service, though.
