GUERNSEY – Residents will have to be patient a little longer with water restrictions which were put in place June 25. Responding to an inquiry by Ada Pulos, who pointed out the water restrictions have taken a toll on her yard, maintenance supervisor Mike Fronapfel said the restrictions will continue until the end of September. At that point, Fronapfel estimates the newly installed water line is re-connected to the town’s million-gallon tank, which has been undergoing cleaning and maintenance while the town is receiving water from a temporary bladder tank with half the capacity the town is accustomed to.
Fronapfel said the estimated completion date is a little behind schedule, but the town is waiting on final approval on the staircase to the tank, and the maintenance department is coordinating the staircase install with the cement-pour, so the cement has time to cure before it is walked on. The tie-in of well number three is also scheduled to occur in the next couple weeks.
“We’re still pushing for the end of September to have that tank up [and running] one way or the other,” Fronapfel said.

Pulos asked if there can be some change in the restrictions, since she thinks varying lot sizes having the same three-hour maximum watering timeframe, three days a week, has put her at a disadvantage.
“We are restricted to the same amount of watering time as each other, and I don’t have enough water pressure to run my sprinkler properly because everyone has [water running] at the same time. Is there any way we can change the regulation so it’s a little different?” Pulos asked.
“My yard looks the worst it ever has in 64 years, and it’s the worst looking on the street,” she said.
Councilwoman Penny Wells and Mayor Ed Delgado responded, there can’t be any changes, and the town is following the same restrictions as the citizens, including for the cemetery and park. The only exception is the golf course, which has its own well servicing it.
“We do exactly the same as what the people do, and [the plants] are burning up,” Fronapfel added, emphasizing the size of the tank does not allow much leeway, and any changes would not improve water pressure, either, as there would be a lot of people pulling water at the same time, no matter how things were shifted around.