Chapel Hill, Carrboro Now Face Mandatory Water Restrictions
Posted July 15, 2002 1:44 a.m. EDT
CHAPEL HILL, NC — Mandatory water restrictions are now in effect for Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
The Orange Water and Sewer Authority board of directors voted unanimously Thursday night to call for the towns to adopt mandatory restrictions.
Friday morning, Carrboro Mayor Michael Nelson, Chapel Hill Mayor Kevin Foy and Orange County Commission Chair Barry Jacobs signed proclamations establishing mandatory water use restrictions effective immediately.
The towns have been under voluntary conservation measures since June 27.
Mandatory guidelines include:
Note:
If you live in an apartment, condominium or office complex with individual apartment numbers, use your street address. For example, an address of 1000 Smith Street, Apt. 1 is considered an even-numbered address because the street address is 1000.
Although many of the University of North Carolina's buildings do not have street addresses, the University has also developed an equivalent irrigation schedule to limit the days of irrigation with OWASA water.
Board members say the area has 130 remaining days of water supply.
In June 2002, water use by OWASA customers averaged 13 million gallons per day. In contrast, winter water use is usually 8 to 9 million gallons per day. A record one-day demand of 16 million gallons per day occurred on June 13.