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Site SearchRaleigh, N.C. — Customers on the municipal water system can begin using sprinklers twice a week, the City Council said Tuesday.
After months of tight water restrictions, Raleigh relaxed its rules last month to allow outdoor irrigation one day a week and the use of a hand-held hose to water on a second day.
Continued rains in recent weeks persuaded city officials to ease restrictions even more, allowing people to water twice a week with automatic systems and sprinklers. People with odd-number addresses can water Tuesdays and Saturdays, while those with even-number addresses can water Wednesdays and Sundays.
Under the new rules, water customers can use a hand-held hose any day.
The Raleigh system supplies water to customers in the city and in Garner, Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, Wendell and Zebulon.
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This ain't about water, this is about King Meeker and his supposed kingdom. Our CURRENT, average(!) rainfall is more than sufficient to water lawns, flowers, and the sacred Southern vegetable garden. Just in case, we pay to water in between the odd occasion where rain won't fall for a few days. NOW(!), we've got to pay more in their new budget.....'cause we're not usin' enough water!!! I'm a little busy with my small business, but if someone'll pay for my family to move back into Raleigh so I can run for mayor and lead the greatest city in the U.S. better than a marginal lawyer and his liberal, magic-eight ball-directed agenda, I'm listenin'...............
May 21, 2008 2:50 p.m.
May 21, 2008 12:44 p.m.
We use less water to wash our own cars than a car wash does. The rule to allow us only the weekends is flat out wrong!
Lawns don't need to be watered right after a good soaking via a rain storm. I too cannot understand why people turn the sprinklers on the day after we receive 1/2" of rain. Makes no sense whatsoever.
May 21, 2008 12:20 p.m.
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May 21, 2008 11:51 a.m.