ML water consumption drops slightly

The city of Medical Lake continues its efforts to provide clean water to its residents, as well as lower its overall water usage.

According to its most recent water quality and efficiency report, Medical Lake produced and purchased 286.7 million gallons of water in 2015. This is about a 3 percent increase from 2014 when the city pumped and also bought 280.07 million gallons.

Although water production went up, consumption was slightly down. Last year the city consumed a little over 266 million gallons of water, which is about a 1.5 percent drop from 2014. Medical Lake adopted new water efficien...