They have a 20-year contract with Manchester Water Works where they will be able to buy 1,400 gallons of water a minute. Even with the new line, he said, people should always conserve. We can't know when a drought is going to happen. It's controlled by Mother Nature. We have to do a better job conserving.
Water is a limited resource and many people here take it for granted.
If this was the only place a ban was happening, then you could point fingers at Pennichuck, but it's happening all around us. Up and down this street alone everyone always has their sprinklers on and they don't even worry about it.