After three days, the City of Emporia has lifted its voluntary water conservation request.
The request, in place since Wednesday morning, came at a time when the city was seeing record water usage that nearly drained the Industrial Park water tower near Warren Way and significantly lowered the capacity at the East 12th tower. Emporia City Manager Trey Cocking says the city’s water treatment pumps couldn’t keep up with demand Tuesday and Wednesday leading to the conservation request.
With levels now well improved and the request lifted, Cocking tells KVOE News the city is in the process of evaluating potential improvements to ensure this situation does not arise again in the future.
While speaking with KVOE News throughout the week, Cocking continuously thanked local residents and businesses for their cooperation with the request.
Speaking of water, the KVOE listening area did see a brief heavy rain shower in the early afternoon Friday. That activity may have been a precursor to the coming forecast with storm activity possible throughout the weekend.
Along with the chances of storms comes cooler temperatures likely through next weekend with highs around 90 Saturday through Sunday and highs ranging from the mid-80s to around 90 for much of the upcoming work week.
