Grounds & Beautification Committee
Email us:
Grounds@ChancellorsRidge.com
Committee Goal
Work with the Association to establish and maintain the aesthetic value of our community common areas.
Committee Members
Joel Pippin
Jim Wennerstrom
Anne Heymann (Woodlands Home
Owner)
Dennis Stacey
Britta Kruegger (Board Liaison to GC)
Join the Grounds Committee!
We welcome new members at any time! Please contact the committee chair by phone or email at: Grounds@ChancellorsRidge.com
Important
Durham, N.C. — With drought conditions
in the piedmont continuing ...
With little relief from recent
rains, Durham City Manager Patrick W. Baker has enacted Stage III Moderate
Mandatory Conservation of the City of Durham’s Water Conservation
Ordinance, effective Friday, September 21, 2007.
Residents are asked to begin water conservation measures immediately
and to rethink their overall water usage habits so they are in full
compliance with the Stage III ordinance by Friday. “It is critical
that our customers follow these mandatory restrictions to ensure that
there is an adequate water supply for all,” Baker said. “We
need to significantly decrease our daily water usage and our customers
play a vital role in making sure we achieve this goal.” ...
See the complete information at the city’s web site at http://www.durhamnc.gov/news/NewsDisplay.cfm?vNewsID=1417 .
The city’s daily water status and the level of restriction currently
in effect on any given day can be viewed at http://www.ci.durham.nc.us/departments/wm/water_update.cfm .
City of Durham Bans All Outdoor Lawn Watering
Durham,
N.C. – The City of Durham has again tightend water restrictions,
eliminating outdoor lawn watering and other outdoor irrigation beginning
October 16, 2007.This announcement comes following an evaluation of last
weekend’s
water use combined with continued dry forecasts, according to City
Manager Patrick W. Baker.Despite announcing last week that outdoor
watering would be restricted to Saturdays only, Baker said that today’s
move complements Governor Mike Easley’s request that municipalities
require customers to eliminate outdoor watering, as well as reinforces
the City’s current restrictions that limit vehicle washing and
require that restaurants serve water to patrons only upon request.“After
re-evaluating our water situation this weekend, I feel it’s prudent
to cut back even more and even sooner that than we had anticipated,” Baker
said. Since implementing Stage III Moderate Mandatory Conservation
on September 21, usage has decreased by only 16 percent, significantly
less than the City’s anticipated 30 percent goal. While the restrictions
eliminate outdoor watering through use of automatic sprinkler systems
and hose-end sprinklers, the use of hand- held watering containers
or drip irrigation will still be allowed on Saturdays only, between
5 a.m. and 8 a.m. OR 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.“It is essential that we
start working together to inform the public about the seriousness of
our current water situation and how they can help make a difference,” Baker
said. “With no significant rainfall in sight, we need to start
thinking about ways that we can extend our water supply for the future.”The
City has recently been in discussions with the City of Raleigh to implement
similar water restrictions and adopt similar time tables. “Our
goal was to minimize public confusion about outdoor water restrictions,” Baker
said. “It can get confusing when different information about
watering restrictions is provided from different sources depending
on where you live. We’re all in similar situations now, so working
together benefits the entire region.”Both jurisdictions will
continue to use their existing enforcement strategies, with the City
issuing warnings to violators and terminating water service for continued
non-compliance.To help City staff monitor the effectiveness of these new mandatory
restrictions, customers are encouraged to report water waste to Durham
One Call at (919) 560-1200 or online at www.durhamnc.gov.
City staff
updates the Water Supply Status Web site daily.
Residents may access
the information from the red “hot link” on the homepage
of the City’s Web site at www.durhamnc.gov. Additional conservation
tips, information on water-wise landscaping or how to acquire rain
barrels are also posted on the Web site.
Residents may also call the
City’s Department of Water Management at (919) 560-4381 for additional
information.
About the Department of Water Management
The City’s Department of Water Management is responsible for
the operation and maintenance of Durham’s water supply, water
treatment and water reclamation (wastewater treatment) facilities,
the collection and distribution systems (including meter reading) and
customer billing services. For more information on this department,
visit the City’s Web site at www.durhamnc.gov/departments/wm/.
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Friday, June 20, 2008 7:15 PM