Residents

worrying about their withering lawns are now faced with a

voluntary water restriction to help curb the effect of

this year's drought.

In the last

two weeks, the Coweta County Commission and the Senoia

City Council have passed voluntary water restrictions.

The restrictions ask residents to water only at night,

try to conserve water any way possible and limit yard

watering to once per week and only at night.

Senoia

Public Works director Leonard Thompson told the council

Monday night that since the county purchased water from

the county it would make sense to follow the county's

lead on water restrictions.

Thompson

explained that the county implements voluntary

restrictions when the county's reservoirs reach 75

percent capacity. When the capacity level drops to 70

percent, the restrictions become mandatory and if they

drop to 65 percent, a ban on outside watering is issued.

Senoia

Mayor Joan Trammell agreed with asking residents to

voluntarily cut their water use and asked the council to

approve a motion that would enable the city to go to the

next level of restrictions if the county does.

Trammell

said the motion would allow the restrictions to be

implemented immediately, without having to call a special

meeting, and the council agreed with her.