Ongoing dryness across Southeast Tennessee is taking a toll on water supplies in Bledsoe County, where officials in Pikeville, Tennessee, have issued mandatory water restrictions.
Due to a critically low water supply, residents who get their water from Pikeville’s water utility are prohibited from unnecessary use, including outdoor watering, car washing and other “nonessential” uses, according to a city statement posted on its social media page.
Compliance is required to protect the existing water supply, the city said.
The Pikeville Water Department supplies water to more than 1,600 customers, or about 4,581 people including residents and wholesale customers, according to the utility’s website. Drinking water comes from wells throughout the Sequatchie Valley and is then processed at the plant in Pikeville.