Erie’s Stage 2 water restrictions, asking residents and HOAs in the town to voluntarily only water two days per week, have appeared to pay off.
From April through June, Erie used about 475 million gallons of water, “roughly 54 million gallons less than the five-year average rate,” a Monday announcement from the town says.
Town officials began encouraging a voluntary two-day-per-week watering schedule after a directive issued in late March — urging the public to keep sprinklers completely off — was lifted. The Town Council in May declared a Stage 2 drought response, “formalizing” those voluntary restrictions…