Ely still struggling to meet its water demand

ELY -- Ely is still struggling to meet the rising demand for water this summer.

Ely City Engineer Dean Day recently told the municipal utility board that the south side tank almost went dry .

Day said those levels have rebounded, but only because the city has been pumping water from its wells.

Also, flows from Murry Springs, the city's primary water source, have dropped to about 900 gallons a minute.

Day said it's the first time in two decades that he has seen those flows drop below 2,000 gallons per minute.