McKinney Gears Up for Stage 4 Water Restrictions

A representative from the North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) met with the McKinney City Council recently and urged that residents continue conserving water because of a strong chance that the worst drought in Texas history will continue for at least several more months.

NTMWD at first considered calling for Stage 4 water restrictions to be implemented in April; but due to the recent rains, the implementation has been postposed until June.  Even though that is good news for the district, which includes 13 cities, it does not mean that everyone can be less conservative with water usage.  If the area gets a generous amount of rainfall this spring, the Board may not request the implementation in June.

Stage 4 restrictions would ban all lawn and garden watering and would implement other tougher restrictions on water usage.  Currently in McKinney the residents are allowed to water their lawns once a week.