March 19, 2019
Mandatory water conservation regulations will likely be in effect in Lincoln for at least a few more days, as the city water department works to repair flood-related problems at its Platte River wellfields.
Mayor Chris Beutler and the City Council approved an emergency declaration Monday with mandatory water restrictions for businesses and residences.
Residential customers are being asked to curb their water use by 50 percent and businesses by 25 percent in order to reduce water to below the level being supplied by the city’s water plant in Ashland.
The problem is water quantity, not water quality, city leaders emphasized.
Lincoln water is not contaminated. The water is drawn from an aquifer under the Platte River where it is cleaned as it seeps through rock and gravel. In addition, the water from the city wells is processed at two treatment plants in Ashland before being pumped to Lincoln.
