IMPORTANT – Please Conserve Water!
Posted on: July 27, 2016 - 1:43pm
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts has declared a “Drought Watch” for regions of the State including Ayer. As everyone knows, it has been extremely dry this summer and the Town’s water supply wells are severely stressed. If we have a supply failure, it could result in a threat to public health and safety and a water emergency.
The Ayer DPW is asking everyone to:
- Mandatory – no outside water use between 9AM and 5 PM
- Voluntary - curb outside water use and conserve water
- Voluntary - if you must water outside gardens and lawns, follow a Odd / Even Outside Water Ban (even numbered street address water on even numbered dates and odd numbered addresses on odd numbered dates)
- Voluntary - no outside water use on Sundays
The Ayer DPW will be monitoring outside water use and will be enforcing the 9 AM to 5PM water restriction, including ticketing / fines / water shut-off for violations.
Do the right thing and help us save our water supply!
Mark Wetzel P.E., Public Works Superintendent 978-774-8240 mwetzel@ayer.ma.us