CLAREMONT, N.H. (AP) - Officials in Claremont say the New Hampshire city’s Department of Public Works is prepared to enforce mandatory water restrictions in response to the region’s ongoing drought.
The Valley News reports (https://bit.ly/2eBrM6x ) Assistant Director of Public Works Vic St. Pierre admitted Monday that drought-like conditions have started to affect Claremont’s public water supply.
St. Pierre says the flow of the Sugar River is moving at 16 cubic feet per second, the second lowest in 88 years. Claremont obtains 29 percent of its water from the river.
The city’s main reservoir, White Water Brook, is now below 100 million gallons. The reservoir normally contains about 140 million gallons of water.
St. Pierre says the hope is that the potential water restrictions would reduce the usage of what’s being taken from the Sugar River.
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Information from: Lebanon Valley News, https://www.vnews.com
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