LAKE CHEROKEE, Texas — Editor's Note: Video above aired on July 2022 and is not related to the story.
The city of Longview does not plan to ask its water customers to begin conserving water after Lake Cherokee implemented the first stage of its drought contingency plan.
"We have plenty of supply because we have multiple water sources," said city spokesman Shawn Hara. The city of Longview gets its water from Lake Cherokee, Lake O' the Pines, the Sabine River and Lake Fork. It can shift how much it's drawing from those different sources, so it can reduce water use from Lake Cherokee without implementing conservation measures.
At the same time, though, recent rains had already resulted in "natural reduction" in water use. Water use has been down about 16% during the past week, from 26 million gallons a day to a range of about 19 to 22 million gallons.
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