BESSEMER CITY, N.C. — Due to the lack of rain, Bessemer City has initiated stage 1 water shortage guidelines.
Stage 1 guidelines asks the citizens of Bessemer City to limit water usage by following these instructions:
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- Limit car washing
- Limit lawn and garden watering to that which is necessary for plants to survive
- Cease washing down outside areas such as sidewalks, patios, parking lots
- Limit water shrubbery to the minimum required reusing water when possible
- Limit use of clothes washers and dish washers and when used, operate fully loaded
- Cease leaving faucets running
- Use showers rather than bathtubs for bathing, and limit showers to no more than four minutes
- Limit flushing of toilets by multiple usage
- Use disposable and biodegradable dishes as much as possible
- Use flow restrictive and water saving devices
- Limit hours of operation of water cooled air conditioners
- Temporarily delay new landscape work by all residents, businesses, and institutions until the water shortage has ended
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The city is asking that all customers conserve the use of water to prevent a mandatory stage 2 and stage 3 water restrictions.
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