PORT ANGELES — The Clallam County Public Utility District is trucking in water for one area in the county and has issued water alerts for others.
Six of the PUD’s nine water systems are under some form of water alert.
The PUD has been bringing water to the Island View Water District, which is about 10 miles west of Sekiu, since late July.
The small district — 33 accounts — is under a Stage 4 alert, which mandates water use restrictions. Customers are to eliminate outdoor water use and minimize indoor water use to cut water consumption by 10 to 20 percent.
It is usually served by Olsen Creek, but due to low flows, the PUD is trucking in water from the neighboring Clallam Bay/Sekiu Water System, which is itself under a Stage 3 water alert mandating outdoor water restrictions.
The Clallam Bay/Sekiu system, which has 357 customers, is supplied by a well field near the Hoko River. Vehicle washing, except for safety related purposes, is prohibited. Even numbered addresses may water outdoors on even numbered days, odd numbered addresses may water outdoors on odd numbered days. The goal is to cut water consumption by 10 percent.
Voluntary water conservation is requested for the Evergreen, Carlsborg, Fairview and Panoramic Heights water systems in a Stage 2 water alert.
