San Angelo Watering Restrictions Change April 1

Outside watering will be allowed twice every seven days beginning Wednesday, April 1, in keeping with the City’s drought contingency ordinance.

San Angelo is under standard conservation, which limits watering to twice every seven days from April 1 through Oct. 31, but prohibits watering from noon to 6 p.m. By ordinance, watering restrictions tighten to once every seven days from Nov. 1 through March 31. Watering is limited to no more than 1 inch per application.

Regardless of the drought stage, it is always a violation to allow water to run more than 150 feet down any street, gutter, alley or ditch.

Watering violations can be reported to the Code Compliance Division at cosatx.us/water, emailing [email protected], or by calling 325-277-8906 or 325-657-4409.

San Angelo relies upon O.H. Ivie and Twin Buttes reservoirs, and Lake Nasworthy as its primary water sources. As of March 26, Ivie was at 14 percent capacity, Twin Buttes was at 8 percent and Nasworthy 78 percent. O.C. Fisher Reservoir was at 1 percent.

San Angelo has received 3.93 inches of rainfall to date this year. Normally, San Angelo averages 3.51 inches through March 25. Last year, the city had received 0.10 inches by that date.

Construction of a groundwater treatment facility to treat water from the Hickory Aquifer in McCulloch County is nearing completion. That water will be used to supplement San Angelo’s surface water supply.