North Andover has been experiencing below normal rainfall and the State of Massachusetts has issued a Critical Drought Alert for the Northeast Region.  We are asking that residents voluntarily conserve water by reducing all non-essential water use, including limiting outdoor lawn watering to no more than 2 days per week and not watering lawns between the hours of 7am to 7pm.  In effort to keep the Lake level from dropping further, this notice will stay in effect until weather conditions significantly change or mandatory restrictions are warranted.