Water use restrictions are currently not in effect. Management of our water system has helped reduce water loss due to leaks and increase groundwater levels through the efficient use of our surface water supply. However, as the accompanying information shows, prior to the rain events in late April and early May, weather conditions have been very dry. If dry conditions persist, the City may ask for voluntary restrictions and if conditions deteriorate, mandatory restrictions on non-essential water use may be required. They could include odd/even or two-days/week watering schedules. 

On Tuesday, May 18th at 6:30 p.m. join Portsmouth Public Library for the City’s premiere viewing of a 16-minute audio-visual tour of Portsmouth during the 1950s! Portsmouth as we know it today came into being during the Cold War, a forty-year period of international tension and threat of nuclear war.