Due to a rupture on a 30” transmission main, WaterOne has issued a ‘Water Watch’ for customers in the northeast portion of its service area.  A ‘Water Watch’, according to the utility’s conservation plan, asks for voluntary cut-backs on lawn irrigation and outdoor watering. 

The area under the watch includes all water customers north of 87^th Street, and east of I-35 and impacts all, or part of, 11 cities in northeast Johnson County.   The water watch is expected to be in effect for 2-3 weeks.   

This action was prompted by a break on a 30" transmission main last week that feeds the utility’s northeast service area.  More than 30,000 water customers reside or have businesses in the area.   Throughout this period of limited water supply, voluntary reductions in lawn irrigation and outdoor water usage are being requested to ensure that more stringent mandatory restrictions can be avoided.

The break occurred in an area along Foxridge Drive, near Turkey Creek, where a construction company has been working.  Severe ground shifting and soil slippage along a steep bank at the construction site appears to have contributed to the break.

The main has been taken out of service while temporary repairs are being made.  Repairs will take up to three weeks to complete due to complicating factors such as unstable ground conditions, difficult terrain and size of the main.

A notice will be mailed this week to all owners of in-ground irrigation systems in the Water Watch area.  As a guideline, irrigation owners are being asked to reduce lawn irrigation by approximately 25%.    

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