UPDATE: Monday, March 18, 5:00pm

We are in a position to rescind the current Water Conservation Plan level 1 which was put in place last week. This means you may resume normal water usage - watering livestock, watering yards, etc. We have received some calls regarding discolored water and if you let me or Clint know, we will arrange to flush the water main servicing you so you can flush your house lines. The discoloration is from manganese and iron sediment that has settled in the lines over the years. With line breaks, especially the major ones experienced recently the sediment gets stirred up into the water. Manganese and iron are naturally occuring in the water and are considered a secondary health issue. You can bathe in discolored water and drink it - it will not harm you. We were in contact with KDHE several days ago and they DID NOT put us under a boil water advisory.

The District is working on implementing another emergency text messaging system and hope to be texting info out to you within the next few weeks after government approval is received. A few months ago the government enacted major regulations on mass text messaging to try to control spam and unwanted text messages and we lost our ability to send out emergency texts. There are many steps to complete to get approval to utilize emergency texting and it has been taking time to complete these steps and get approval.