Weather and Cheney water demands

So far, the weather has actually helped the city of Cheney's water system and its struggles with supply meeting demand created by irrigation.

"The weather pattern has been a little strange, which has helped us out," Public Works Director Todd Ableman said in a June 7 interview.

That may change, and change soon if weather forecasts prove accurate. Daytime highs are projected to climb at the end of this week and into the next, possibly running 15 degrees above average and with it bringing on residents' desires to keep their green lawns from browning up.

In the past, those factors have come earli...