The City of Saxman is on a water conservation notice due to low water levels in the city’s holding tank.
The notice went into effect Sunday and is believed to be the result of a leak in the city’s water system. Saxman City Clerk Ginger McCormick said a representative from the Alaska Rural Water Association, which services water systems around the state, will be in Saxman Tuesday to investigate the issue.
“We’re producing twice as much water as we did last year, we’re just dealing with a big leak,” McCormick said. “So once we get our leak repaired, with the water production that we have, we’ll be back to a full tank.”
McCormick said the advisory is not a boil-water notice, and that the city’s water is safe to drink. The water conservation notice is to prevent a boil water notice, which she said are issued when a holding tank has only three feet of water remaining.
In the meantime, the city is asking residents to completely turn off their faucets when not in use.
“In order to do a lot of the repairs, we have to have water running through the pipes,” McCormick said. “We just ask that everybody just be very conservative with their water.”
McCormick said she is unsure when the city’s water conservation notice would be lifted. She said the city will announce updates on its Facebook page.
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