 The winter weather has pushed frost depth to six feet or more in the Bemidji area. The city wants to remind everyone to monitor their water intake and take precautions to avoid freezing. The city recommends all customers to check their water temperature. It should be around 45 degrees. But if it's below that, they recommend running a pencil thin stream of water until or at least the end of the month of April. A lot of people will say, well, they'll just run it overnight because I use water periodically through the day. Um, if the frost is there, um, it doesn't take too long and you will freeze. So, um, people that have, you know, sometimes people that have froze, um, they'll turn it off for a little while or this or that. And next thing they're froze again and hence another another bill. If you choose to run your water because of fear of freezing pipes, you're urged to contact the city at 218 759 3564. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland news, please consider making a tax deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.