{"id":590506,"date":"2026-04-17T21:42:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590506\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T21:42:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T21:42:07","slug":"raleighs-stage-1-water-restrictions-take-effect-monday-expected-to-last-until-june-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/590506\/","title":{"rendered":"Raleigh’s Stage 1 water restrictions take effect Monday, expected to last until June :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"

The water restrictions taking effect Monday in Raleigh are expected to last more than a month, according to a city spokesperson.<\/p>\n

City of Raleigh environmental coordinator Ed Buchan estimated that the Stage 1 water-use restrictions will last until June.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Stage 1 water restrictions are meant to protect the water supply while still giving residents options to care for their homes and landscaping.<\/p>\n

Here’s what to know<\/a>\u00a0for Monday:<\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAutomatic and non-automatic spray irrigation is allowed between midnight and 10 a.m.\u00a0Homes with odd-numbered addresses may water on Tuesdays.\u00a0Homes with even-numbered addresses may water on Wednesdays.\u00a0Irrigation of landscapes is recommended at a\u00a0maximum\u00a0of one-half inch per week.\u00a0Water customers must abide by required water use reductions and efficiency measures; penalties apply for noncompliance.\u00a0<\/p>\n

For full Stage 1 water-use restrictions,\u00a0visit\u00a0RaleighNC.gov<\/a>\u00a0and search \u201cdrought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Buchan said earlier this week that the decision was made out of an abundance of caution<\/a> and that the city is still a long way off from reaching stage 2 of water restrictions.<\/p>\n

“In the middle of a severe drought for most of North Carolina at this point, and it’s been affecting the inflows of Falls Lake,” Buchan said.<\/p>\n

Falls Lake is a major water source in Wake County.<\/p>\n

Buchan said the months of May and June are expected to have “above-average” rainfall.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Buchan said Falls Lake has 84% of its water-supply pool remaining as of Wednesday. He said 58% of Falls Lake’s water is for drinking water and the other 42% is for downstream releases.<\/p>\n

Buchan said Falls Lake is “always” full each year on April 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The water restrictions taking effect Monday in Raleigh are expected to last more than a month, according to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":590507,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[255833,15229,192,79,282,11143,2986],"class_list":{"0":"post-590506","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-water-safety","14":"tag-weather"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590506","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=590506"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590506\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/590507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590506"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590506"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590506"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}