{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"The Turtle Island News","provider_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com","author_name":"Lynda Powless","author_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/author\/lynda\/","title":"Brant residents asked to limit water use - The Turtle Island News","type":"rich","width":600,"height":338,"html":"<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"lXkysTOFli\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/brant-residents-asked-to-limit-water-use\/\">Brant residents asked to limit water use<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" src=\"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/02\/brant-residents-asked-to-limit-water-use\/embed\/#?secret=lXkysTOFli\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" title=\"&#8220;Brant residents asked to limit water use&#8221; &#8212; The Turtle Island News\" data-secret=\"lXkysTOFli\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\"><\/iframe><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\/* <![CDATA[ *\/\n\/*! This file is auto-generated *\/\n!function(d,l){\"use strict\";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&\"undefined\"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!\/[^a-zA-Z0-9]\/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret=\"'+t.secret+'\"]'),c=new RegExp(\"^https?:$\",\"i\"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display=\"none\";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute(\"style\"),\"height\"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):\"link\"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute(\"src\")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener(\"message\",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll(\"iframe.wp-embedded-content\"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute(\"data-secret\"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+=\"#?secret=\"+t,e.setAttribute(\"data-secret\",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:\"ready\",secret:t},\"*\")},!1)))}(window,document);\n\/\/# sourceURL=https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-includes\/js\/wp-embed.min.js\n\/* ]]> *\/\n<\/script>\n","description":"By Celeste Percy-Beauregard, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, The Hamilton Spectator Residents in Brant County are being asked to reduce water use by 20 per cent following a dry summer with high temperatures. The plea comes a week after the conservation authority asked residents to reduce use by 10 per cent. \u201cWith the lack of rain, stream flows have continued to drop in the Whitemans Creek and Lower Nith sub-watersheds,\u201d the Grand River Conservation Authority said in a news release Friday. The most effective way people can help is by reducing outdoor water use \u2014 even if they\u2019re on private water sources, the release said. This applies to well water users too \u2014 because they are fed by the same aquifers that feed Whitemans Creek and the Lower Nith, well water","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/theturtleislandnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/facebooklogo.jpg","thumbnail_width":725,"thumbnail_height":483}