{"id":20652,"date":"2014-07-18T10:23:24","date_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=20652"},"modified":"2014-07-18T10:23:24","modified_gmt":"2014-07-18T15:23:24","slug":"state-water-regulator-to-study-southwest-oklahoma-supply-shortages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2014\/07\/18\/state-water-regulator-to-study-southwest-oklahoma-supply-shortages\/","title":{"rendered":"State Water Regulator To Study Southwest Oklahoma Supply Shortages"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The recent wet weather has been more than welcome by residents of drought-parched southwest Oklahoma, but it hasn’t yet been enough to reverse the depletion of municipal water supplies.<\/p>

Now the Oklahoma Water Resources Board is stepping in to help communities there to keep from running out of water. From\u00a0<\/a>The Associated Press<\/em>:<\/p>\n

The studies will focus on how water conservation, marginal quality water supplies and public water supply system regionalization might address the needs of basins on a local level and serve as examples for water users statewide.<\/p>

The studies are part of the state’s ongoing water conservation initiative.<\/p><\/blockquote>

The announcement of the study comes as one city, Duncan, considers rarely used Stage 4 water restrictions, which would ban all outdoor watering and threaten city pools and car washes with closure.<\/p>

KSWO TV in Lawton reports<\/a> levels at Waurika Lake, which Duncan relies on for water, continue to drop:<\/p>\n

It’s been a long road for the city of Duncan where many officials like [Public Works Director Scott Vaughn] believe they’ve done all they can do under Stage 3.<\/p>

… Back in March, a decision was made that the city would enter Stage 4 restrictions if and when Waurika Lake’s conservation pool fell below 40 percent. That level has come and gone, but those new rules never happened.<\/p>

“The thinking was let’s see what the typically rainy season does, see how much rainfall we get, how much water gets into the lakes,” explained Vaughn.<\/p><\/blockquote>

KSWO reports Waurika Lake is currently only 36 percent full.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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