The city of Tampa water department might lift some elements of water restrictions imposed May 4, but the rules limiting lawn watering to one day a week will remain.

If the Tampa City Council agrees, restrictions on cosmetic pressure cleaning, charity car washes not held at commercial car washes that recycle the water, and the filling of decorative fountains would be lifted this autumn.

But flow of the Hillsborough River, the city?EUR??,,????'???s main water source, remains too puny to allow a return to watering lawns twice a week, said Brad Baird, director of the city?EUR??,,????'???s water department.

?EUR??,,????'??We?EUR??,,????'???re going into the winter and dry season and we need to continue with the once a week restrictions,?EUR??,,????'?? he said.

The city?EUR??,,????'???s rules apply only to Tampa residents, including those on private wells. Residents outside the city who receive water from Tampa may water twice a week as can customers of Hillsborough County?EUR??,,????'???s water system.

The water restrictions saved about 14 million gallons each day lawn watering was curtailed or about 14 percent of the city?EUR??,,????'???s typical daily use.

Most of the savings comes from cutting lawn watering. Restrictions on other water uses account for 5 percent or less of the savings, Baird said.