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 ‘Tis the season for wintry weather!
Falling snow flurries and icicles add an extra excitement to each year. They also offer a reminder of a few precautions everyone should take before heading indoors for warmth.
Follow These Winter Weather Tips
- Turn off your sprinkler system to avoid potentially hazardous conditions for our streets and sidewalks when temperatures reach freezing. Plants and landscapes require very little or no water this season.
- If necessary, water during warm mid-day hours.
- Add a 2-4 inch layer of protective mulch to the soil around your trees and plants to prevent a freeze.
- Cover plants during a freeze with an anchored sheet.
- Check for sprinkler system inefficiencies before next spring by scheduling a free winter irrigation check-up.
- Wrap exposed pipes located outside or in unheated areas of the home.
- Detach garden hoses from outside faucets. Insulate outside faucets with a Styrofoam cover, rags or paper.
- If a water line breaks and the cut off valve does not work, the Public Works Department is available to turn of the water. Call the Public Works 24-hour line at 972-292-5800. |