The City is cutting back on its use of water in municipal operations today as the city is experiencing a period of high demand for water.
“The City of St. Albert is entering Water Demand Management Measure “A” effective immediately,” reads a news release issued this morning by the City. “This means there are mandatory restrictions on non-essential potable water use for all municipal operations.”
“The City has discontinued non-essential activities involving potable water, including hydrant flushing, non-emergency sewer flushing, street sweeping, dust abatement, pool filling, park watering, firefighter training and washing City fleet vehicles.”
While not mandatory, the City is also asking residents to be conscious of their water usage today, and try to use less if possible by, for example, not watering lawns or washing cars at home, only doing full loads of laundry, keeping pitchers of water in the fridge so that taps aren't being ran until the water is cold, and by reducing overall water usage during peak morning and evening hours.
“Businesses, particularly those using large volumes of water, are also asked to limit water use,” the news release reads.
“The City continues to closely monitor the situation and will provide updates if demand conditions change.”
St. Albert is nearing the end of a week-long heatwave that has brought daytime highs of over 30 C for at least seven days straight.
Monday's daytime high will be 33 or 34 C, while the temperature is expected to peak at 31 C on Tuesday before slightly cooling down on Wednesday to a high of 27 C, according to the Weather Network's short term forecast.
On Thursday the daytime high will be 22 C with some light rain expected in the morning, while Friday will reach 21 C with some rain expected in the evening.
