LEAGUE CITY — League City on Thursday lifted a mandatory water rationing order, and city officials said conservation efforts by residents had been successful.
The order had been in effect since July 1.
Citywide water consumption dropped from 14.1 million gallons of water per day at the beginning of the month to as low as 8.4 million gallons per day last week, according to city records. Before the order went into place, residents were using an average of 9 million gallons of water per day.
Not a single $500 citation was issued for violating the order, city spokeswoman Kristi Wyatt said.
The city still is asking residents to voluntarily conserve water.
City residents are asked to limit irrigation of landscaped areas to Tuesdays and Thursdays for customers with even-numbered street addresses, and Mondays and Wednesdays for residents with odd-numbered street addresses. Residents should water only between midnight and 5 a.m. and 8 p.m. and midnight on designated watering days.
The city plans to continue to adhere to the rationing rules, Wyatt said. The city last week violated its own rationing order when a sprinkler system at a park malfunctioned, accidentally watering a field for 20 minutes on a Friday afternoon. The system has since been repaired, Wyatt said.
The city mandated rationing after water consumption spiked to 18.7 million gallons in one day — more than twice the 9 million gallons used on an average day.
The city is required by state law to order mandatory rationing if daily consumption exceeds 87 percent of its allotted water supply, or 17.4 million gallons a day.
Daily consumption topped 87 percent of the city’s supply on June 29. League City was the only Galveston County municipality to mandate water rationing, but other area cities — including La Marque, Galveston, Hitchcock, Bayou Vista and Santa Fe — have urged residents to voluntarily conserve water.
For information, call the League City’s water production department at 281-554-1041 or call 281-554-1000.
