One city in Guthrie County has announced its first stage of water conservation protocols.

The Stuart Municipal Utilities has implemented a water watch. Customers that utilize the municipal water service are encouraged to disuse water for non-essential purposes. Those include reducing all irrigation by 25-percent and avoid irrigating on Mondays, no watering of plants, lawns or gardens between 8am and 8pm; avoid using water to fill private pools, wading pools, or other outdoor pools or ponds; no washing streets, driveways, sidewalks or building exteriors; and any non-essential commercial or industrial equipment cleaning, machinery or interior spaces are discouraged.

These standards are on a voluntary only basis at this time. Contact Stuart Municipal Utilities at 515-523-2915 for questions or more information.

Currently, Panora and Guthrie Center have not implemented water conservation or restrictions at this time.