DROUGHT CONTINGENCY PLAN UPDATE April 28, 2025
Stage 3 Drought Contingency Protocol is still in place. There are some misconceptions that there are some odd/even water days allowed. At this this any non – essential water use is prohibited.
Businesses are allowed to operate as needed but asked to conserve water in any capacity that they can.
The City of Auburn and Board of Public Works are working to ensure public ball fields are maintained by trucking water from outside sources so that summer activities may continue. At this
time there are emergency water resources prepared to be trucked in if the reservoir is unable to maintain necessary levels. Short-term solutions for collection are in process and long-term solutions
are being researched.
We appreciate community members that are working to conserve resources. While the situation is concerning, we are fortunate that there is water available outside of the BPW area that we are able to tap into. We have customers that are collecting the little amounts of rainfall available for gardens and flowers. In addition, customers have also been filling water totes from areas outside of our community. These efforts will contribute to being able to maintain the reservoir levels so that trucking will hopefully not be necessary. The water tables in the BPW area are not recharging and need rainfall too so that our wells can maintain pumping levels to normal levels.
The restrictions are not meant to punish the community, but rather an effort to be good stewards of the resources that are currently available to all our customers so that drastic measures can be
avoided. We appreciate all of our customers and work hard to ensure that water is safe and available. We continue to provide data with daily readings on the number of gallons pumped,
pumping times, and reservoir levels. This will keep the public informed of current conditions. See the City of Auburn website at https://auburn.ne.gov for updates.
If you have questions about the status of any of our activities, please contact the BPW and we are happy to provide you with statistics of rainfall, well levels and daily monitoring of the water pumped. All systems are actively monitored, and data is kept on file permanently. The reservoir holds 1.5 million gallons of water and has not dropped below the normal levels. This is due to the
implementation of the plan and the collaboration of the members of the Auburn and Peru communities’ reduction in use. We appreciate all efforts for conserving usage until levels return to normal.
Alan Slater
Water/Wastewater Manager
Daily Water Readings: April 28, 2025
