The water can flow freely again in Tulsa as the mayor lifts voluntary water restrictions.
Mayor Bartlett issued an executive order Monday lifting Stage 1 Water Usage restrictions for customers. That includes residents in: Tulsa, Bixby, Catoosa, Glenpool, Jenks, Owasso and surrounding water districts.
Stage 1 Voluntary Restrictions were implemented on Tues., July 31. The city asked residents to limit watering to certain days.
The issue came when the City of Tulsa used 198.09 MGD of water on Sun., July 29 and used 207.3 MGD on Mon., July 30, reaching the triggers set by ordinance with water usage deliverability reaching 94 percent for two consecutive days.
"We received great response from our water customers once voluntary restrictions were enacted two weeks ago," Mayor Dewey Bartlett said. "Our plants have been running near 94 percent capacity, but with cooler temperatures and customers taking part in conserving, we have been able to bring our water usage level down dramatically."
Bartlett added, "With voluntary restrictions lifted, we will closely monitor tank storage levels, water usage and weather conditions in case we need to implement voluntary restrictions again."
Here's a list of daily water usage since July 28th:
July 28 194.19 MGD
July 29 198.09 MGD
July 30 207.30 MGD
July 31 202.07 MGD
Aug. 1 204.66 MGD
Aug. 2 202.67 MGD
Aug. 3 199.00 MGD
Aug. 4 199.92 MGD
Aug. 5 174.82 MGD
Aug. 6 182.87 MGD
Aug. 7 182.01 MGD
Aug. 8 183.66 MGD
Aug. 9 181.42 MGD
Aug. 10 180.31 MGD
Aug. 11 182.11 MGD
Aug. 12 178.11 MGD
