The Lakehead Region Conservation Authority issued a level 1 low water condition for the area Tuesday.
Conditions are drier in the region since there has only been 57 millimetres of precipitation since September 2009.
"We should have 109 millimetres of rain on a monthly basis," said Bill Bartley, LRCA chairman. "And we’re down to less than 50 per cent of that."
April alone has only seen six millimetres of precipitation and the mild winter has caused very little snow runoff.
"To maintain the water level and the availability of water, we’re just asking people to cut back a little bit … about 10 per cent," Bartley said. "Put full loads in the laundry and things like that."
He added the warning is more for rural residents who depend on wells as their water source.
"In the city, we draw our water out of the lake so it’s not quite as bad as the city, but if you’re in the country and you’re getting your water from wells, the water table has gone down, which will reflect in the amount of water in your well," he said.
"You have to take consideration your well is part of a broad water table, so what you do with your well could affect your neighbour."
Bartley said the LRCA’s water response team will continue to monitor the area’s water levels and noted if the levels get much lower, the province could issue a level 3 low water condition, which means mandatory water use regulations would be mandatory.
