Johnston County is asking residents and businesses to
\nvoluntarily conserve water as ongoing drought conditions and low river levels
\ncontinue to impact the county\u2019s primary water supply.<\/p>\n
County leaders say the request is intended to help protect
\navailable water resources and ensure there is enough water for essential needs
\nsuch as drinking water, healthcare services and fire protection.<\/p>\n
RELATED: Water restrictions Q&A – what to know<\/a><\/p>\n Officials are encouraging customers to reduce non-essential The advisory is effective immediately. <\/p>\n While the conservation request is voluntary, customers are reminded Under those rules:<\/p>\n \t\t\t\t\t\t\tOdd-numbered addresses may irrigate on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.Even-numbered addresses may irrigate on Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays.No irrigation is allowed on Mondays.<\/p>\n Residents filling swimming pools should follow the same Johnston County Public Utilities said it will continue More information about the county\u2019s conservation policy and \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Johnston County is asking residents and businesses to voluntarily conserve water as ongoing drought conditions and low river…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[15229,192,159105,79,282],"class_list":["post-696289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-drought","tag-environment","tag-johnston-county","tag-science","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696289","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=696289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nwater use whenever possible. That includes limiting outdoor watering, washing
\nvehicles less often, and fixing leaks around homes and businesses.<\/p>\n
\nthat year-round outdoor watering restrictions remain in place under Johnston
\nCounty\u2019s mandatory conservation policy.<\/p>\n
\nschedule as their designated irrigation days.<\/p>\n
\nmonitoring river levels, water demand, and drought conditions and provide
\nupdates as needed.<\/p>\n
\nwater-saving tips is available at JohnstonNC.gov\/utilities<\/a>. Customers with questions can
\ncall\u00a0919-989-5075<\/a>.<\/p>\n