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~/ <br />Elk River -~ <br />Municipal Utilities <br />13069 Orono Parkway • P.O. Box 430 Phone: 763.441.2020 <br />Elk River, MN 55330-0430 Fax: 763.441.8099 <br />Dear Customer, <br />As Elk River grows, so does our thirst for water. Elk River Municipal Utilities continues to <br />look for ways to encourage you to conserve and use water wisely. We have placed many <br />newspaper ads and mailed water conservation brochures to you. We also mailed you a soil <br />moisture probe and a rain gauge to help you avoid over-watering your lawn. <br />This handy ruler is yet another reminder that we must get really serious about conserving <br />this valuable natural resource. Use it to measure grass height. Taller grass shades root <br />crowns reducing plant mortality during dry periods like we are experiencing right now! <br />Three to four inches promotes deeper roots and helps protect them from drying winds. <br />We use about 5 times more water during summer months than we use other months of the <br />year. This is a direct result of lawn sprinkling. Excessive lawn sprinkling on peak use days <br />may even jeopardize our ability to successfully fight fires. Our water rates continue to rise <br />as we add new water facilities to meet peak use days. Some of these facilities would not be <br />required if everyone would follow the odd/even sprinkling ban in effect. Just in case you <br />forgot, we allow sprinkling before 10 AM and after 6 PM -odd number homes on odd <br />numbered days, and even numbered homes on even numbered days! Incidentally, many <br />communities are starting to issue penalties for watering during restricted times. We hope it <br />doesn't come to that here in Elk River. <br />You can keep your lawn healthy by applying water during non-restricted times as follows: <br /> Amount To Water De endin On Weekl Rainfall of: <br />Less than %2" '/2" to 1" 1" to 1 '/2" 1 '/2" to 2" <br />Heavy Soils* Apply 1" to 1 ''/2" Apply''/2" to 1" Apply %2" No Watering <br /> Once per week Once per week Once per week Required <br />Sandy Soils* Apply %" to 3/4" Apply '/4" to ''/2" Apply '/4" No Watering <br /> Twice per week Twice per week Twice per week Required <br />ever watenng leaches minerals out of reach of grass roots retarding growth. And, if <br />you have a sprinkler system, be sure to adjust it to compensate for rain received. <br />.S~/~'~ <br />ams <br />Manager <br />