GENESEO, IL – JUNE 30, 2023 — Geneseo’s City Council voted unanimously on June 27, 2023 to pass a Water Emergency Response Ordinance, allowing the mayor to implement restrictions on water usage by city water customers as conditions warrant. Due to the drought conditions in the area, the water utility continues to see above average pumping numbers from ongoing lawn watering/irrigation. In an effort to see immediate relief in daily average pumping and allow the utility to perform preventive maintenance on the system, effective Monday, July 3rd, 2023, the mayor has proclaimed we are at a Tier #2 response level. He points out that the most notable component of this tier is that the use of lawn irrigation systems and sprinklers is prohibited at all times. Water customers can however use low-volume hand held water applicators, such as a garden hose with a low-flow nozzle, for landscape watering in accordance with the following schedule:

Addresses Ending in an Odd Number: Tuesday & Saturday from 4am – 9am

Addresses Ending in an Even Number: Thursday & Sunday from 4am – 9am

The use of hand-held watering containers for flowers and other landscaping is permissible at any time.

The mayor states that the city will re-evaluate the Tier #2 declaration based on drought conditions and city pumping capacity in the coming weeks.

Please see the attached ordinance for full details of restrictions in Tier #2.