WaterThursday, November 5
Greensboro's mandatory watering limits will be enforced starting Nov. 9 as Lake Townsend sinks
The Daily Greensboro team
If you water your yard in Greensboro, the rules are now mandatory. The city is moving to Stage Two restrictions after voluntary cuts didn't bring water use down enough, and WXII says it's the first stage-two restriction in over 20 years.
Lake Townsend is far below normal as limits begin
- 80+ inches
- below normal at Lake Townsend for this time of year
- Nov. 9
- when the city begins enforcing the limits
- 30 days
- the restrictions are set to last
- Almost a third
- of Greensboro's demand comes from regional partners
- Homes: sprinklers once a week, on your garbage pickup day
- No city trash service or multiple pickup days: Wednesday
- Hand or drip watering of plants, shrubs and trees: any day
- Violators: could face fines
Golf courses and institutional playing fields must cut water use 40% compared with the same billing period last year.
Golf courses may water only from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.
Greensboro golf courses and institutional playing fields under Stage Two
- 10 p.m. to 5 a.m.The only hours watering is allowed
- Water cut
- 40% vs. last year
Source: WXLV
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| When | What |
|---|---|
| 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. | The only hours watering is allowed |
| Water cut | 40% vs. last year |
Greensboro is also buying water. “Almost a third of our demand comes from our regional partners,” Water Resources Director Mike Borchers said, naming Reidsville, Burlington and the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority. The city is looking at transferring some water from Lake Higgins into Lake Brandt. Rain Wednesday left minimal impact, WXII says, and Borchers said it would take several inches to refill the lakes.