Record water usage in Meeker

MEEKER | Meeker residents were asked to avoid watering their lawns last weekend after six weeks of the heaviest water usage in community history depleted storage facilities at the same time work on the wells was underway.
According to Town Manager Scott Meszaros, the town has a substantial water storage system, but when water consumption exceeds the rate at which the wells are able to replenish storage, it strains the entire system.
“We’re using as…