CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas – Local officials are asking residents and businesses to cut back on water use after recent flooding affected several city water wells.<\/p>\n
In a notice posted to Facebook, the City of Carrizo Springs said it is requesting voluntary water conservation \u201cuntil further notice\u201d while crews assess damage and make repairs \u201cto ensure a reliable water supply.\u201d<\/p>\n
The city is asking people to reduce usage by limiting outdoor watering of lawns and landscaping, postponing washing vehicles, driveways and sidewalks, and running dishwashers and washing machines only with full loads. <\/p>\n
Officials also urged residents to fix leaking faucets, toilets and irrigation systems, and to take shorter showers and turn off the water while brushing teeth or shaving.<\/p>\n
\u201cYour cooperation is essential in helping us maintain adequate water service for the entire community while repairs are underway,\u201d the city said, adding that updates will be provided as more information becomes available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CARRIZO SPRINGS, Texas – Local officials are asking residents and businesses to cut back on water use after…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377494,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[82,84,83],"class_list":["post-377493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377493","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377493"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377493\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377493"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377493"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377493"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}