Chatham County Approves Water Rules

Chatham County commissioners adopted new rules February 19 to promote year-round water conservation. The revisions allow about 5,000 households in northeastern Chatham served by the Jordan Lake Treatment Plant to apply a total of 1 inch of water on two specified days a week. Residents who get water service from Cary and county water customers outside the northeast are not included in the new rules. Irrigation systems must have automatic controllers and moisture sensors and watering landscaping or using water to clean vehicles, equipment or hard surfaces to the extent that water pools or runs onto adjacent property or public right-of-way is prohibited. Losing water through plumbing leaks that can be readily identified and repaired is also prohibited and all leaks must be repaired within 10 days of being detected.