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Published: 2007-05-25 10:15:04
Updated: 2007-05-25 10:15:04

Posted: May 25, 2007

Johnston Residents Ordered to Conserve Water

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A mandatory water conservation order is temporarily in effect for all Johnston County residents.

“The combination of undetermined water loss during the night and high demand due to dry weather conditions make this necessary,” said Johnston County Manager Rick Hester.

The order applies to irrigation of lawns and gardens and other non-essential uses.

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"County spokesman Pat LaCarter later said the mysterious water loss was traced to the volunteer fire department in Archer Lodge, near Clayton, which used as much as 400,000 gallons of water overnight to fill several ponds used for irrigation from fire hydrants.

He said members of the fire department failed to let anyone know in advance. The county uses about 4 million gallons of water a day."

this is from the N&O. There was no fire, they were just filling ponds.
tulips4445
May 26, 2007 10:24 a.m.
Yet another reason to love having a private well.
tell.the.truth.and.run
May 25, 2007 9:51 p.m.
wmpm1270.com (a local johnston county am station) reports that some one tapped into a fire hydrant to fill a "large pond". johnston co. is purchasing water from wendell to get levels back up to par.
chickenwire
May 25, 2007 3:52 p.m.
a single user drained the water supply and left a lot of elevated tanks pretty much empty - they're not saying don't take a shower or wash clothes just not to water your lawns or flowers through the weekend
Click to view my profile special k
May 25, 2007 3:28 p.m.
Ya'll need to check out the story on wtvd. Really filled in alot of blanks for me since I live in Four Oaks. Comm'on WRAL we could use alittle more info in these types of stories.
Naturesmist
May 25, 2007 3:03 p.m.
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