Chinook, Harlem and Havre asking residents to conserve water

The cities of Chinook, Harlem and Havre are asking residents to voluntarily reduce lawn irrigation to conserve water while the St. Mary Diversion and Conveyance Works are repaired.

“Following the recent conditions of the siphons at the St. Mary Diversion, the Havre, Chinook, and Harlem communities have been working with Montana Rural Water to find ways to conserve water along the Milk River,” Havre Public Works Director Trevor Mork said in a release this morning. “With our available water supply being reduced and the continued drought in our area, we are asking Havre users to voluntarily pract...