Audubon Mayor Barb Jacobsen has issued a Water Emergency in effect immediately, and until September 1, 2021. The following actions will be prohibited:

• Watering Yards: The sprinkling, watering, or irrigating of shrubbery, trees, lawns, grass, ground cover, plants, vines, gardens, vegetables, flowers, or any other vegetation.
• Washing Mobile Equipment: The washing of automobiles, trucks, trailers, trailer-houses, railroad cars, or any other type of mobile equipment.
• Cleaning Outdoor Services: The washing of sidewalks, driveways, filling station aprons, porches, and other outdoor services.
• Cleaning Buildings: The washing of the outside of the dwellings; the washing of the inside and outside of office buildings.
• Cleaning Equipment and Machinery: The washing and cleaning of any business or industrial equipment and machinery.
• Ornamental Fountains: The operation of any ornamental fountain or other structure making a similar use of water.
• Swimming Pools: The swimming and wading pools not employing a filter and recirculating system.
• Fire Hydrants: The use of water from fire hydrants for any purpose other than fire suppression or other public emergency.
• Escape through Defective Plumbing. The escape of water through defective plumbing, which shall mean the knowing permission for defective plumbing to remain out of repair.
• Restaurants: The serving of drinking water in restaurants, cafeterias, or other food establishments unless requested by the individual.

Penalties for violations will be $100 for first offense, $200 for second offense, and $300 for third and subsequent offenses.