WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Wichita Mayor Lily Wu is urging the community to remain vigilant about the drought.
On Thursday, she said the city saw a slight uptick in water usage from previous weeks. Thursday marks one month since mandatory water restrictions began in Wichita and neighboring towns .
The graphic shows the volume of treated water going from the Hess Pump Station to the 500,000 water customers in Wichita and neighboring towns. The red line is when the restrictions began. The dips are on Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays when no watering is allowed.
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Wichita began the watering restrictions because the water level at Cheney Reservoir was dropping, and the mayor says it continues to drop.
“The 12-month moving average conservation pool is at 67.2%, which is a decrease of 1.2% in the last month,” Wu said. “Cheney is currently at 59.7% full in total. The rain we have had in August didn’t provide much relief.”