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City of Houston Implements Stage One Water Conservation Measures

Lack of rain and record high temperatures have made it necessary for the City of Houston to institute Stage One Water Conservation Measures, as outlined in Chapter 47 in the Code of Ordinances.

The City requests residents limit lawn watering to the hours of 8:00 p.m. and 10:00 a.m. and NO more than two days per week. Residents are asked to abide by the following schedule:

Sundays and Thursdays for customers with even-numbered street addresses
Saturdays and Wednesdays for customers with odd-numbered street addresses

The City will also be contacting large commercial water customers to request voluntary reductions in water consumption. As required by the ordinance, City departments are instituting a water use reduction program which includes but is not limited to:
Reducing water use by 10 percent AND Implementing corrective measures to eliminate water waste.

While the City of Houston Public Works and Engineering Department has adequate water capacity to meet the demands of its customers, the following tips can also help our customers be good water stewards during one of the most severe droughts in Texas history:
* Keep showers under five minutes
* Remember to turn water off while brushing your teeth.
* Wash only full loads of dishes or clothes.
* Replace older model showerheads and older faucet aerators with new low-flow ones, and install water conservative toilets.
* Inspect toilets for silent leaks by putting food coloring in the toilet tank. If colored water leaks into the toilet bowl before it is flushed, water is being lost due to a worn flapper.
For more information please contact Alvin Wright atAlvin.Wright@houstontx.gov or call 832.395.2455.

Kingwood Medical Center Seeks TxDOT Land For decades, KSA has served as the steward of Kingwood's entries. After the reconstruction of US Highway 59, KSA partnered with TxDOT to renovate the entries.

Through KSA, Kingwood CAs, residents and businesses contributed almost half of a million dollars to this effort for construction. They also contribute another $94,000 per year toward maintenance – on both sides of US 59 at North Park Drive and Kingwood Drive. KSA has maintained all eight quadrants at both intersections for more than 30 years.

Recently, HCA/Kingwood Medical Center requested KSA's support in buying land owned by TxDOT inside the old entrance ramp that is adjacent to the hospital. The hospital wants the land to expand its parking lot and relocate its heliport closer to the emergency room entrance, but it would mean cutting down the trees on the corner.

KSA spent two months exploring the request. To understand KSA's involvement in the entries and learn more about the ramifications of the hospital's request go to www.kingwoodparks.com. Then click in entries.