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I made the prediction at Barry's yesterday, and while it wasn't exactly going out on a limb, it looks like Durham's reservoirs are finally topped off:

Lake Elevations

Lake Michie Elevation: 341.00 feet, mean sea level.
Lake Michie is full at 341.00 feet, mean sea level.

Little River Reservoir Elevation: 355.00 feet, msl.
Little River Reservoir is full at 355.00 feet, msl.

Matt Dees at the N&O notes the same thing, and hints that we may finally be ready to back off of water restrictions.

On the one hand, despite the soggy weekend, we're not out of pretty bad drought conditions.  The historic low flows in the Flat and Little Rivers before this heavy rain testify to the fact that the groundwater and the underground aquifers are simply a long ways from being fully recharged yet.  But when you're spilling water over the dam, it would seem to make some sense to take a step back, not all the way to baseline, non-drought conservation measures, but to at least let people water their gardens twice a week.  I mean, we're all happy to chip in when we're in a pinch, but loosen up the taps just a little at least. [where: 27701]

Comments

[barry]

yeah, i hear we're going back to Stage III in the not too distant future.

we were down to 5 units on our last bill, although it was only a 50 day cycle. That put us at 12 units over the past 4 months, or about 75 gallons/day for 2.75 people (my daughter moved up to the mountains in March.)

Even if we watered every Saturday for 45 minutes or an hour, we'd only add 2 units per billing cycle to our consumption. Meanwhile, we were talking at Kevin's place about folks using 25 - 30 units per month.

We really need tiered water rates, with very high prices for those who are not doing their share.

[Michael Bacon]

I managed 2 units last billing cycle, which for me is one unit per person per month, or on the order of 25 gallons per day. Having a front-loading washing machine I'm sure helps a lot.

[Rhonda Fleming]

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[barry]

The LieStoppers board appeared active to me this morning.