Medical Lake seeks to decrease water use

At its June 16 meeting, the Medical Lake City Council adopted the Water Use Efficiency Goals for the Years 2015-2020. The city is required by Washington State Municipal Water law to set water use efficiency goals and measure usage every six years.

The city’s two main goals focus on leakage and consumption. On the supply side, which the city controls, the goal is to have leakage of 10 percent, the state average, or less. In 2014, the unaccounted water for the city was 7.5 percent.

One way the city is working toward this goal is replacing old water meters with radio read meters. City Administrat...