Charlottesville may restrict water use
Fearing water shortages, the Charlottesville Department of Public Works says it may be within 60 days of imposing mandatory restrictions on water use.
The Albemarle County service authority and the Charlottesville department of public works currently are asking water-users to reduce their consumption by 10 percent.
An ongoing, three-year drought has caused the area's three reservoirs to drop to 76.8 percent of capacity.
Some authorities are saying that the water deficit is not completely due to the drought but rather the reservoirs' water capacity.
Silt from neighboring woods has slipped into South Fork Rivanna Reservoir, one of the area's three reservoirs thus causing a major water-storing loss.
Expansion of this reservoir could help avoid severe repercussions from the drought, said Larry Tropea, executive director of the Rivanna water and sewer authority, in a Daily Progress article.
Tropea presented his proposal for expansion to Rivanna's board of directors this week. Rivanna hopes to present a proposal in April to
Charlottesville City Council and the county Board of Supervisors outlining their plans for a reservoir growth, Tropea added.
Rivanna water and sewer authority oversees the area's reservoirs. The water is sold to the City's department of public works and the service authority who then sells the water to the public.
- Compiled by Deirdre Murphy
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