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City of Decatur ends request to conserve water due to low lake levels

Mar 4, 2021 | 1:35 PM

March 4, 2021 – The City of Decatur has ended its request for water customers to voluntarily conserve water.  

The water level of Lake Decatur has steadily increased due to moderate precipitation in the Lake Decatur watershed this year. The lake reached a low point of 610.7 feet above mean sea level (65% full) on January 1 and has since increased 2.6 feet to 613.3 feet above mean sea level (89% full) which is above the normal winter lake level.  

It is anticipated that spring rains should be more than adequate to fill the lake to capacity around May 1, which is the target date to have the lake 100% full each year. 

Although the formal request for voluntary conservation has ended, residents and commercial customers are still urged to conserve water as part of normal, daily activities.  A list of water conservation techniques and other water system related information can be found at epa.gov/watersense