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WEST NEWBURY — The Water Department announced on Monday it was increasing mandatory water restrictions for all residents connected to the municipal water system.

Watering lawns must halt immediately. Hand watering flowers or shrubs with a garden hose equipped with a shutoff nozzle or a watering can or bucket is the only permitted way to water. Hand watering is only permissible between 6 and 9 a.m.

Lawn watering or the uses of an irrigation system or sprinkler attached to a hose is prohibited. All nonessential watering must stop. This water restriction only applies to residents connected to the municipal water system.

For complete information on the water restrictions, visit www.wnewbury.org.

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