The City of Wichita is on the fourth day of water restrictions and is already issuing violation notices. Public Works Director Gary Janzen was not specific about the number of violations reported, but he said some of the people who received notices plan to appeal. “We’re not proactively going out looking for people who are running irrigation systems when they’re not supposed to,” he said. “It’s not meant to be punitive, so we’re not actively trying to go after people. Our goal here is education of the community and the value we have with conservation community-wide.” After people get a violation notice, the next violation is a $50 penalty. So far, the city has not levied any penalties. “I’ve heard and seen a lot of positive feedback of people wanting to do the right thing, but there is a little bit of both,” Janzen said. “We are getting complaints also.” He said the city monitors daily pumping volumes at the water treatment plant. “I don’t know what those look like yet because we wanted to get a full week in. Probably early next week, we’ll start evaluating the data.”
Source: KSN-TV
