Mayor Asks for Voluntary Water Use Restrictions

Water use in Tulsa climbed to record levels the first two days of this week, topping 207 million gallons daily on Monday and Tuesday, prompting Mayor Dewey Bartlett to implement voluntary water restrictions through an executive order.

Tulsa water customers and those in neighboring cities and rural water districts which get their water from Tulsa are included in the voluntary restrictions, limiting outside watering to the hours between midnight and noon every other day based on odd-even house numbering on odd-even calendar days. This includes: water and irrigation systems, swimming pools, sprinklers, and the use of garden hose/sprinklers for recreational activities, etc.

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Cooling Stations Offer Relief from Heat

Tulsans who need to get out of the heat and into some air conditioning can go to a cooling station to find relief. Tulsa has three cooling stations, which are currently operational. Read more for the list of stations and tips on staying cool.

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Get Lean Tulsa Launches New Program at DIRECTV

On August 2, Victoria Bartlett unveiled the Quality of Life program on behalf of Mayor Bartlett to DIRECTV employees at the company's annual employee health fair.

"I'm excited about the fantastic response of DIRECTV's employees to Get Lean Tulsa's new exercise and nutrition program. A great number of them registered at GetLeanTulsa.com and signed up for the Quality of Life program, a step-by-step guide to meal and fitness planning," said Get Lean Tulsa spokesperson, Victoria Bartlett.

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Covanta Takes On Permanent Drug Disposal for Oklahoma

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics (OBN) is partnering with the City of Tulsa and Covanta WBH, the owner/operator of the Energy-from-Waste facility in Tulsa to safely dispose of prescription drugs collected throughout the state. Since March 1, 2011, through the Safe Trip for Scripts Program, OBN has distributed nearly 100 permanent drug disposal metal containers in police and sheriff department lobbies for the public to safely dispose of prescription drugs in their homes and medicine cabinets. To date, the agency has collected nearly one ton of old, expired medication from the disposal containers.

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