{"id":584294,"date":"2026-04-14T20:20:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:20:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584294\/"},"modified":"2026-04-14T20:20:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T20:20:10","slug":"as-drought-lingers-will-raleigh-impose-water-restrictions-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/584294\/","title":{"rendered":"As drought lingers, will Raleigh impose water restrictions? :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

A months-long drought is leading to tough conversations for city leaders around residents possibly having to cut consumption.<\/p>\n

There is growing concern that Raleigh could implement water-use restrictions in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

It’s not a certainty at this point, but the near record-high temperatures we’re seeing this week are only making things worse. Highs on Wednesday through Friday will be in the lower 90s, while Saturday could reach the mid-90s. <\/p>\n

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There has been no measurable rainfall since April 5, when we saw one-tenth of an inch at Raleigh-Durham International Airport. As of Tuesday, we’ve only had two days of measurable rain over the last 29 days.<\/p>\n

Raleigh Environmental Coordinator Ed Buchan said the city is monitoring the situation closely.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is potential that Raleigh will implement water use restrictions in the coming weeks, given the current water supply levels and forecasted lack of rainfall,\u201d Buchan told WRAL News.<\/p>\n

Water levels are also affected. At Falls Lake, the water level is roughly 249 feet. During the 2007-2008 drought, it got as low as 241 feet.<\/p>\n

A Sunday system will bring a brief chance of showers and storms, but it won’t put a dent in the drought. Around one-tenth of an inch is expected in the Triangle.<\/p>\n

Raleigh and Wake County leaders\u00a0enforced mandatory water restrictions<\/a> in 2007 and in 2008<\/a>. A statewide burn ban went into effect in late March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A months-long drought is leading to tough conversations for city leaders around residents possibly having to cut consumption.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584295,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[255833,15229,192,79,282,2986],"class_list":{"0":"post-584294","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-environment","8":"tag-city-of-raleigh","9":"tag-drought","10":"tag-environment","11":"tag-science","12":"tag-water","13":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584294","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584294"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584294\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584294"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584294"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584294"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}