Water.
Something the Panhandle hasn't seen enough of this year.
That's why the City of Amarillo has asked citizens to cut back voluntarily on using water.
"It would be wonderful if we could reduce our water usage by about 10 percent just voluntarily", said Mayor of Amarillo, Paul Harpole.
But e-mails and Facebook comments from you made it clear that not everyone is sure voluntary measures are enough. Jose writes on Pronews 7's Facebook page -- "Lets talk water. Lets start by making it against the law to waste and run water down the streets...."
So, why are there no mandatory water conservation strategies in place?
Doing mandatory really says we don't have enough water. Now we don't have enough to waste water but we certainly have enough for normal water usage", continues Mayor Harpole.
The City has already met with the top ten water users. Since the City is one of the top ten, they have already decided to stop watering all city parks to do their part in conserving water.
City officials say if voluntary conservation isn't enough, mandatory measures will be used.
"We are prepared to go to that measure if conditions do not improve. We don't want to use a heavy hammer and hit people on the heat with it or a big 2X4. We just want to make sure we've explored every possibility and that the citizens of Amarillo will respond accordingly", said City Commissioner Lilia Escajeda.
But for now, we're just on the honor system.
