WATER CONSERVATION ADVISORY

September 10,2007

The Middlesex Board of Commissioners has declared a Stage 1 Water Shortage Condition Advisory. To conserve our water supplies, citizens are encouraged to adhere to the following guidelines in water usage:

1. Limit car washing to the minimum.
2. Limit lawn and garden watering to that which is necessary for plants to survive.
3. Do not wash down outside areas such as sidewalks, patios, parking lots, service bays or aprons, etc.
4. Do not leave faucets running while shaving or rinsing dishes.
5. Water shrubbery to the minimum required reusing household water when possible.
6. Limit use of clothes washers and dishwashers and when used, operate fully loaded.
7. Use of showers for bathing, rather than bathtub and limit showers to no more than four (4) minutes.
8. Limit flushing of toilets by multiple usage.
9. The use of disposable and biodegradable dishes is encouraged.
10. The use of flow restrictive and water saving devices.
11. Limit hours of operation of water cooled air conditioners.

All residents, businesses, and institutions are requested to temporarily delay new landscape work until the water shortage has ended.