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BUT WILL BE RESTRIPED TO THREE LANES IN THE FUTURE. CENTRAL IOWA WATER WORKS SAYS DRINKING WATER IN THESE CENTRAL IOWA COUNTIES REMAINS SAFE TONIGHT, THANKS IN PART TO A LAWN WATERING BAN. WATER WORKS SAYS NITRATE LEVELS IN THE RIVER STILL REMAIN ABOVE 10MG/L, SO IT CAN’T LIFT THE BAN JUST YET. AS A RESULT, MANY PUBLIC SPRAY GROUNDS AND SPLASH PADS WILL STAY CLOSED. PEOPLE IN ONE COMMUNITY CAN CONTINUE TO USE THEIR LAWN. IRRIGATION SYSTEMS MAY GET A VISIT FROM SOMEONE FROM THE CITY. ����vlog SENIOR REPORTER TODD MAGEL EXPLAINS WHY THE CITY OF CLIVE NOTIFIED HUNDREDS OF WATER CUSTOMERS OVER THE WEEKEND. TODD. WELL, STACEY, THIS IS THE ORANGE WARNING TAG HANDED OUT TO CLIVE RESIDENTS WHO DIDN’T STOP USING IRRIGATION A FAST ENOUGH. IT SAYS THEY COULD FACE A $100 FINE IF LAWN WATERING CONTINUES, AND THANKFULLY, THESE WARNINGS WORKED. CLIVE CITY WORKERS PLACED THESE ORANGE WATER VIOLATION NOTICES ON DOORKNOBS OF 350 HOMES ON SATURDAY. THAT’S ABOUT 10% OF THE CLIVE RESIDENTS WHO USE AN IRRIGATION METER. THE WARNING PROMISES A $100 FINE ON THE NEXT WATER BILL. IF CUSTOMERS CONTINUE TO USE LAWN IRRIGATION. MIKE BECKER GOT ONE AFTER HE FORGOT TO SHUT HIS SYSTEM OFF. NEVER INTENDED TO DO THAT, SO SHUT IT OFF IMMEDIATELY AND I UNDERSTAND. I UNDERSTAND WHAT’S DRIVING IT AND, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SUPPORT WHAT’S NEEDED TO BE ABLE TO GET THE NITRATES BACK IN LINE WITH WHERE THEY NEED TO BE. NOW, THERE ARE SOME PEOPLE, WHEN THEY GOT IT, THEY SAY, I DON’T WANT TO BE ON THAT LIST. AND REST ASSURED, WE’RE NOT KEEPING A LIST OF PEOPLE BECAUSE AGAIN, THIS WAS ABOUT AWARENESS RAISING. WE NEEDED TO GET THE WORD OUT VERY, VERY QUICKLY. CLIVE ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER PETE COOK SAYS A FINE WOULD BE THE LAST RESORT, AND THE CLIVE RESIDENTS ARE COOPERATING. HE SAYS WATER USE HAS FALLEN BY ABOUT 80% SINCE THE WATER VIOLATION NOTICES WENT OUT ON SATURDAY. WE HAD 1.933 MILLION GALLONS GO THROUGH IRRIGATION METERS IN CLIVE. THAT NUMBER DROPPED DOWN TO ONLY 320,000 GALLONS BY SUNDAY. SO THIS IS A GREAT TESTAMENT TO THE PEOPLE OF CLIVE LISTENING AND SAYING, WE CARE ABOUT THIS. WE UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S IMPORTANT AND WE’RE GOING TO DO OUR PART. WE’RE SO APPRECIATIVE OF THE RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES COMING ALONGSIDE AND DOING THE RIGHT THING. CLIVE CITY LEADERS SAY IT MAY BE A WHILE BEFORE LAWN IRRIGATION IS ALLOWED AGAIN, IT ALL DEPENDS ON THOSE NITRATE LEVELS, AND THEY DO WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT CLIVE WATER IS NOW SAFE TO DRINK. STACEY.