Drought Condition Moves to Moderate
The Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) Water Response Team agreed today to move the local drought condition declaration from “Minor” to “Moderate”, due to ongoing drought conditions.
We encourage you to take steps to reduce your water use, in particular outdoors. This includes watering plants and lawns, and washing driveways, sidewalks and cars.
The CRCA monitors and reports on water quality and quantity of our watershed in cooperation with the Ontario Ministry of the Environment (MOE). While the municipal water treatment system draws its drinking water source from Lake Ontario, we support the CRCA’s advisory by issuing the following water conservation tips:
- Practice drought tolerant gardening to minimize water use. Learn how to design a garden that requires less water by visiting our Water Conservation Garden during daylight hours at 1211 John Counter Boulevard
- Wash your car at a carwash that recycles water to conserve water and prevent harmful run-off pollution.
- Take shorter showers to help conserve water.
- Use low-flow showerheads to reduce the flow by 40 to 60 per cent and save up to eight litres of water per minute.
- Check for toilet leaks (and fix them) to save 1,400 litres of water per month.
- Using full loads and shorter washing machine cycles save 95 litres of water per load.
- Doing a full dishwashing load on a shorter cycle saves 28 litres per load.
Visit our conservation tips webpage to learn more ways to save water, energy and money.