Mokena Drops Watering Restrictions

were dropped on Wednesday.

Late Wednesday afternoon, the village sent out an e-mail blast announcing a return to normal "Green Zone" watering of Mokena lawns. The village requested residents observe before moving to .

The following is a portion of the village's e-mail blast on Wednesday:

Effective today, the Village of Mokena is returning to standard water conservation measures that allow outdoor watering from 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. on odd or even dates based on address number.

A break in the recent extremely hot weather combined with adequate water supply reserves are allowing the Village to now relax the more restrictive measures that were put into effect in mid-July.

Thank you for your cooperation during the recent hot and dry period that made stricter regulations necessary. Your assistance helped keep the Village's water supply safe for fire protection, along with health and environmental purposes.

Although restrictions have returned to standard summer levels, we encourage you to continue to conserve water as much as possible. Conservation helps keep our water supply at safe levels and benefits the environment as a whole.

Please communicate this information to your friends and neighbors, and thanks again.