Cooler temperatures and rain Tuesday should help the City of Saline meet its water conservation goals as the city’s biggest drinking water well is down for repair.
The city expects to pump about 1 million gallons of water per day as Well 5 is down. Typically, the city uses 1.3 to 1.4 million gallons a day. At capacity, the city’s two water towers can hold 850,000 gallons, 250,000 at the tower downtown and 600,000 gallons at the tower on the east side.
At Monday’s meeting, Water and Wastewater Superintendent Bill Briggs provided a brief update on the situation, prompting the city to ask residents to conserve water until Well 5 is repaired. After Acting City Manager Elle Cole suggested workers might discover what is wrong with the well on Tuesday, Briggs said it might take a little longer…