Stage 4 Water Shortage Emergency

Brownsville Public Utilities Board > Drought Resources > Drought Restrictions > Stage 4 Water Shortage Emergency

Water Use Restrictions:

  • All landscape watering is prohibited.

  • The use of water for construction purposes under special permits is prohibited. New plantings of landscaping plants are prohibited.

  • The use of water to wash any motor vehicle, motorbike, boat, trailer, airplane or other vehicles not in the immediate interest of public health, safety, or welfare is prohibited.

  • The filling, refilling or adding water to swimming pools and jacuzzi-type pools to a maintenance level is prohibited.

  • Adding water to a maintenance level in any outdoor or indoor fountain or pond for aesthetic or scenic purposes is prohibited except where necessary to support aquatic life.

Condition:

Active if there are major line breaks or pump or system failures occur, which cause unprecedented loss of capability to provide water service; or

There is a natural or man-made contamination of the water supply or transmission & distribution system.

Goals:

The goal for Stage 4 is to restrict water usage to allow the Brownsville PUB system to recover from emergency conditions.