HomeMy Public PortalAboutJuly 1990TOWN OF GULF STREAM
PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
COMMISSIONERS
WILLIAM F. KOCH, JR.. Mayor
ALAN I. ARMOUR. Vice Mayor
JAMES E. CROSS
KATHLEEN S. WALLACE
LAWRENCE E STAHL
July 1990
Dear Neighbor:
MAIL ADDRESS
100 SEA ROAD
GULF STREAM, FLORIDA
33483
TEL.: GULF STREAM
(407) 2765116
Town Manager
FRANKLIN E. FLANNERY
We are asking that you continue to observe watering restrictions
even though the South Florida Water Management District has lifted
the mandatory regulations. We are still bound to come into compliance
with the State of Florida mandate that we reduce our per capita
consumption of potable water 2?y 50$ � the year 2000.
In the short term we must reduce our 1988-89 consumption by 20%
by 1993. If we can continue to reduce our use on a voluntary basis
it may not be necessary to enact strict ordinances. However, if our
consumption remains the same as recently or begins to rise, we will
have no choice but to begin aop licy of town regulated, strict enforcement.
Our water experts advise that watering lawns 3 days per week for
4 hours each time is more than sufficient to maintain lawn and other shrubs.
Some residents still have not reduced consumption. This makes the
situation most difficult for everyone. When we read our master meters
IT IS THE TOTAL GALLONAGE THAT IS RECORDED. It is this figure to which
the State pays special attention. If you are watering longer than 12
hours per week, your neighbor who is watering within the times allowed
may well be subject to State sanctions just as if they did not reduce
their watering.
When we read the individual meters, it is evident that some residents
are watering more than 12 hours per week. We are requesting that odd -
numbered addresses water from 4:00 A.M. until 8:00 A.M. on Monday, Wed-
nesday and Saturday and even -numbered addresses water from 4:00 A.M.
until 8:00 A.M. on Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday. No watering of lawns
and shrubs is allowed on Fridays. Automobile washing and hand watering
is now allowed at any time.
This is a situation that will not go away regardless as to how much
rain we get. WE SIMPLY MUST SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCE THE AMOUNT OF POTABLE
WATER THAT WE USE. Also, please remember that your yard men or other
household help are your employees. As such, you are responsible for
their actions on your property. Kindly remind them of our request regard-
ing this serious issue of watering. WE NEED EVERYONE'S COOPERATION.
Thank you!
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Franklin E. Flannery, Town Mang
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1. Check your toilet for leaks.
Put a few drops of food coloring
in your toilet tank. If, without
Flushing, the coloring begins to
appear in the bowl, you have a
leak that is wasting many gallons
of water a day. Fix it.
2. Stop using your toilet as an
ashtray or wastebasket.
Every cigarette butt or tissue you
flush away also flushes away three
and one half to seven gallons of
water.
3. Put a plastic bottle or "dams"
in your toilet tank.
Put rocks or sand in the bottle.
Sink it in the toilet tank. Avoid
the flushing mechanism. "Dams"
can be purchased at hardware
stores. Bottles and dams, if
installed properly, can reduce the
amount of flushed water without
reducing toilet efficiency.
4. Take shorter showers.
A typical shower uses five or more
gallons of water a minute. Limit
your showers to the time it takes to
soap up, wash down and rinse off.
5. Install water -saving shower
heads or flow restrictors.
Your hardware or plumbing supply
store stocks inexpensive shower
heads or flow restrictors that will
cut your shower flow to about
three gallons a minute.
6. Thke baths.
A partially filled tub uses less
water than all but the shortest
showers.
7. Turn off the water while
brushing your teeth.
Before brushing, wet your brush
and fill a glass for rinsing your
mouth.
8. Turn off the water while shaving.
Fill the bottom of the sink with a
few inches of warm water in which
to rinse your razor.
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1. Fully load your automatic
dishwasher.
Every time you run your
dishwasher, you use about 25
gallons of water.
4. Water during the cool parts of the
day.
Early morning is better than dusk
since it helps prevent the growth
of fungus.
5.
2. Set your automatic washing
machine to proper water level. fi
If you have a small load, set the r
water level to low. Be careful not 6,
to leave a high setting for small
loads.
3. Keep a bottle of drinking water
in the refrigerator.
This puts a stop to the wasteful
practice of running tap water to
cool it for drinking.
4. If you wash dishes by hand,
don't leave the rinse water
running.
If you have two sinks, fill one with
rinse water. If you have only one
sink, first gather all your washed
dishes in a dish rack, then rinse
them quickly.
5. Check faucets and pipes for leaks.
Leaks waste water 24 hours a day,
seven days a week. An inexpensive
washer usually stops them.
1. Water your lawn only when it
needs it.
Step on some grass. If it springs
back, it doesn't need water.
2. Deep -soak your lawn.
When you dd water your lawn,
water it long enough for water to
seep down to the roots where it is
needed. A light sprinkling that sits
on the surface will simply
evaporate and be wasted.
3. Aerate and dethatch your lawn.
This also allows water to reach
roots and keeps it from running off.
Don't water the gutter.
Position your sprinklers so that
water lands on your lawn or
garden, not on concrete or other
paved areas. Also, avoid watering
on windy days.
Plant drought -resistant trees
and plants.
Many beautiful lush trees and
plants thrive with limited
irrigation.
7. Put a layer of mulch around
trees and plants.
Mulch slows the evaporation of
moisture.
8. Use a broom to clean driveways,
sidewalks and steps.
Using a hose is wasteful.
9. Don't run the hose while
washing your car.
Use a pail and soapy water. Spray
to wet. Spray to rinse. Always use
an automatic shut-off nozzle.
10. Tell your children not to play
with the hose and sprinklers. -
This practice is wasteful and
should be discouraged at all times.
11. Check for leaks in pipes, hoses,
faucets and couplings.
Leaks; outside the house can be
extremely wasteful, especially when
they occur in your main water
line. 7b check for hidden leaks in
your pipes, shut off all faucets and
taps around the house for 15
minutes. If the water meter shows
some movement during that time,
you have a leak.
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