City Remains Under Water Conservation Order

By Gordon Hopkins Despite recent rainfall and cooler temperatures, the City of Fairbury remains under a water emergency as of press time and citizens are asked to limit their use of water for irrigation and any unnecessary use of water, such as washing cars or filling swimming pools. The City has been under a conservation order since June of this year, when a drop in the water level within the Fairbury water tower led Mayor Spencer Brown to issue the order. Much of Nebraska remains in drought conditions, or at least abnormally dry, according to UNL's U.S. Drought Monitor. However, the Fairbury area has seen some rainfall, including some severe storms, in recent weeks. City Administrator Robert Messbarger recently told FJN, “The City continues to monitor this on a daily basis. At this time, there are no definitive plans to lift the conservation order. If the precipitation continues to the point that there is no longer a concern, then the City will look at lifting the order.” Beginning of the Water Emergency On Wednesday morning, June 16, the Mayor's office issued this statement, “The City of Fairbury’s Water Tower contains 1,000,000 gallons at full capacity. At 4:00 a.m. this morning, the Water Superintendent was notified by the tower’s monitoring system that an excessive amount of water was being dispersed within the water transmission lines and the team began working to identify the issue. The issue has not yet been identified and at 8:00 a.m. the water tower was measured below the 40’ necessary to maintain a solid level of water. See WATER, page 2

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