Troy Nearing Peak-Hour
Usage – Be Careful to Adhere to
Underground Sprinkler
Restrictions to Keep Costs Down
(TROY,
MI) – Especially
during this extremely hot weather that we have experienced lately, Troy
residents and business owners are asked to heed the Troy ordinance that limits
the use of outdoor automatic underground sprinkler systems to between the hours
of 11 pm and 5 am daily. As of today,
July 11 at 6 am, the City’s peak hour usage was extremely close to our limit. Going over the limit of 38 million gallons
will increase our water rates.
For
the past two years of Troy’s ordinance aimed at restricting water use during
peak hours, the results were very positive.
Troy water users were able to reduce the “peak-hour” usage of water
better than any of the other communities in the Detroit Water & Sewerage
Department (DWSD) system. As a result,
Troy was able to negotiate a rate that is 15 percent lower than the average
increase to the other DWSD communities.
“Troy
has been used as the ‘Model City’ in many of the other 125 communities
negotiating contracts with the DWSD,” Superintendant of Water & Sewer Rick
Shepler said. “There is only one caveat
and that is that Troy must maintain the current peak-hour demands that have
been negotiated in the water contract. We
encourage all of our residents and businesses to keep up the good work and
persuade others to follow the ordinance.”
For
more information about the Outdoor Underground Sprinkler Restrictions, visit
the City’s Web site at www.troymi.gov. To
see if your sprinkler system is affected by these restrictions, call
248.524.3370 or e-mail WaterDepartment@troymi.gov.