Despite rain, water conservation urged

Bridgeport, Conn. (WTNH) - Despite the rain that is falling Wednesday afternoon, Governor Jodi Rell is asking everyone in Connecticut cut down on non-essential water use, and the Aquarion Water Company asking its almost 600,000 customers to cut back too.

Aquarion, which serves 39 Connecticut cities and towns, has issued a list of voluntary watering restriction. Among them:

• Alternate day lawn watering. If your street address is an odd number, water your lawn only on odd numbered days. If your streets address is an even number, only water your lawn on even numbered days, and only water your lawn before 9 a.m. or after 7 p.m.
• Don't wash your car yourself. Take it to a car wash where they recycle the water.
• Don't hose off your sidewalk or driveway. Sweep it instead.
• Cover you pool when you're not using it. That keeps the water from evaporating so you don't have to fill up your pool as often.

These are voluntary restrictions, but both Aquarion and the governor warn that even though we're not in a drought emergency yet, we could be soon unless we all start conserving water.