{"id":727359,"date":"2026-06-26T14:34:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727359\/"},"modified":"2026-06-26T14:34:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-26T14:34:09","slug":"boone-enters-stage-2-water-restrictions-amid-severe-drought-wral-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/727359\/","title":{"rendered":"Boone enters Stage 2 water restrictions amid severe drought :: WRAL.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BOONE, N.C. \u2014 The Town of Boone will soon implement its strictest water restrictions so far in response to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcnc.com\/weather\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">ongoing drought<\/a>\u00a0in the Carolinas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Town officials announced that Stage 2 restrictions will start on July 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under the new restrictions, both residential and commercial water customers in Boone will be prohibited from several activities unless given authorization by the town. These restrictions include a ban on lawn watering and installing new landscaping that requires irrigation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Further limitations include a ban on filling swimming pools and hot tubs, washing vehicles without water recycling, and cleaning driveways and sidewalks.<\/p>\n<p> The use of fire hydrants for non-emergency purposes is also restricted. Restaurants will only be allowed to serve drinking water upon customer request, and water-cooled equipment not designed to recycle water will be restricted unless there are medical necessities involved. Commercial food establishments must use disposable or biodegradable utensils when effective alternatives exist.<\/p>\n<p>Violations of these mandatory restrictions may result in civil penalties, while the town has not yet imposed water-use limits or surcharges, though this may change depending on ongoing drought assessments. Residents seeking more information can contact the Boone Public Utilities Department at 828-268-6250.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BOONE, N.C. \u2014 The Town of Boone will soon implement its strictest water restrictions so far in response&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":727360,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[34985,15229,192,79,282,89341],"class_list":["post-727359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-boone","tag-drought","tag-environment","tag-science","tag-water","tag-western-nc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727359","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=727359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/727359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/727360"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=727359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=727359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=727359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}