Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
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Staff writer[email protected]Plentiful rains have lowered the daily water usage in Clovis the past 2 1/2 months, according data from the city’s water provider.
Lower than average temperatures have also helped the city conserve water, according to Brian Daly, EPCOR Water District Manager.
Statistics provided by EPCOR show that Clovis used an average of 6.3 million gallons of water per day in June 2014, compared to 7.9 million gallons per day in June 2013, a decrease of 17 percent.
In June, 4.65 inches of rain was recorded at Cannon Air Force Base compared to 3.22 inches in June of last year, according to accuweather.com.
The daily use average in May was down as well — 6.5 million gallons in 2014 compared to a daily average of 7.6 million gallons in 2013, a 10-percent decrease.
The rain total for May was almost quadruple that of 2013 — 2.55 inches compared to .82 inches.
The trend is continuing this month.
The city is also encouraging citizens to follow it’s voluntary water management plan. The plan asks residents with odd-numbered addresses to water Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays and residents with even numbered addresses to water Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays.
According to cityofclovis.org, residents are to water between the hours of 10 p.m. and 6 a.m., with no watering on Mondays.
“Water conservation is ongoing,” said Daly, “the water management plan is still voluntary, but people are still following it according to our Monday statistics.”
Daly said that in addition to rain and the water management program, rebates on water efficient fixtures, appliances, and xeriscaping have had an impact on the amount of water used daily.
Clovis commissioner Chris Bryant said the city is working with EPCOR to conserve water and has implemented a water reuse program.
According to Bryant, the $16.5 million water reuse program treats waste water so it can be used to water the city’s parks, recreation areas and schools.
Bryant said that as funds are released by the New Mexico Water Trust Board the city will add water lines to transport water from the reuse facility to the areas that it is needed.
The program, which to date has received $6 million of the funds needed from the state, will be completed in the next few years, said Bryant.
Bryant said the city received $3.2 million this year to put in a line from the reuse facility to Hillcrest Park.
The city is also drilling six new wells and looking buy water rights to property west of Clovis to add to the city’s water output, Bryant said.
link Reader Josiah Burdell captured this image of flooding at First and Main.
link Children and adults alike took to the flooded streets in the 1300 block of North Edwards Street near Dennis Chavez Park to wade, ride bicycles and swim Wednesday afternoon. Up to 4 inches of rain overnight Wednesday flooded many local streets.
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Flood water flooded the home of Richard Marez on the 1200 block of Jones Street. Marez said he and his family used sandbags to keep out as much water as possible but had at least one room with one inch of water in it.
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Flood waters engulfed Dennis Chavez Park and the streets between North Edwards Street and North Hull Street.
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Rains caused the Green Acres Park pond to spill over a section of North Main Street and filled the football field behind Marshall Middle School.
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City of Clovis waste water operator, Phillip Vigil, left, prepares to turn on a pump to drain flood water at the 1200 block of Jones Street.
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Carter Kinkade, 5, left, and his sister Libby Kinkade, 6, play on a slide surrounded by flood waters at Dennis Chavez Park Wednesday afternoon.
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Children and adults alike took to the flooded streets surrounding Dennis Chavez Park to wade, ride bicycles, and swim Wednesday afternoon.
link The walking path at Greene Acres Lake was under water this morning. (Staff photo by D'Nieka Hartsfield)
link Karen Ward reported nearly 4 inches of rain at Prince and Wilhite this morning.
link Mike Malone captured this image early Wednesday on Mabry Drive.
link Reader Rebecca Martinez Holt captured this image on Prince Street near Mabry Drive.
