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Danvers Seasonal Outdoor Water Restrictions Begin Wednesday
Starting on May 1, residents will only be able to use sprinklers for outdoor lawn and garden watering from 7 p.m. to 8 a.m. daily.
DANVERS, MA — Despite a very rainy winter and spring, seasonal water restrictions are returning to Danvers as of Wednesday with the start of Level 2 outdoor use constraints.
Residents are only allowed to water outdoor lawns and gardens using sprinklers from 7 p.m. until 8 a.m. daily under Level 2 restrictions.
These water restrictions were instituted when the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection mandated regulations as part of the Water Management Act, due to growing
concerns of highly stressed river basins.
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Danvers is one of several communities in the Ipswich River basin, which is a stressed water basin that prompted these regulations. DEP regulations include a summer cap, which runs from May 1 through October 1, restricting Town use to 3.8 million gallons per day.
Conserving water now will reduce the need for the town to implement more stringent restrictions later, according to officials.
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(Scott Souza is a Patch field editor covering Beverly, Danvers, Marblehead, Peabody, Salem and Swampscott. He can be reached at Scott.Souza@Patch.com. X/Twitter: @Scott_Souza.)
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