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Raleigh at stage 2 water restrictions
The City Council set Feb. 15 as the date for moving to its most severe water restrictions, adopting Stage 2 rules. This will ban pressure-washing and all remaining irrigation, but not prohibit builders from testing new city water connections, as long as they use recaptured water. These tests must happen before homes and businesses can legally be occupied.
In the face of an ongoing drought, have raleigh officials waited too long to impose the city's strictest water regulations to date?
Water restrictions
The pressure washing industry, initially singled out by officials, is now being joined by other professions as being on the verge of extinct due to poor planning by government officials. Many clearly do not understand the importance of letting these industries continue to do their work. There is much more waste going on in restaurants, laundry facilities, state supported universities and private sectors than professional pressure washers even begins to touch. Do you want to see your property lose value or become unhealthy to live in because it can't be washed with the amount of water equivalent to 4 average showers? Seems like many have forgotten that oxygen is produced by plants that we are all prohibited from watering - well, except those stores who keep an inventory of plants that clearly will not sell if homeowners can't water them when they get home. Knee jerk reactions by government officials aren't going to fix this. Well thought out planning should have been accomplished long ago.
Beauty Salons ARE the PROBLEM! Yup!
A man standing outdoors in broad daylight with a garden hose or pressure washer is singled out for abusive Goobermint restrictions while a Beauty Salon operator standing behind closed doors with a garden hose equivalent is given a pass to spray as many gallons of water as needed to continue in business.
This, of course, is unequal application of the law, a violation of the Constitution and completely ignored by the
Socialists in Charge.
Welcome to the 21st Century. It is downhill from here!!
Let us see the list! Now that water bills have the gallons of daily use printed by address, sort the list by usage and see who really uses water in Raleigh.
Some big surprises there will be, no doubt!
Discrimination
One of the most amazing responses I have received from officials is that CAR WASHING is allowed by certain facilities because:
"Such certified facilities are permitted by the City to continue to operate under stage 2 because they have invested in water conserving equipment and conserve water everyday, not just during drought conditions, and for this permanent investment, they are granted this exemption under stage 2 ordinance. "
How do you consider a clean car washed in a facility that claims to reclaim/recycle their water a form of conservation? Is that dirt dangerous? Can it make you sick?
Taxpaying property owners are prohibited by having their properties kept clean & HEALTHY by professional companies who have invested in water conserving equipment and through proper methods and equipment.
I guess that dirty car paint is way more of a health threat than mildew/mold and other allergens on one's home or gum or other spilled nasty things on sidewalks.
Small businesses (pressure washers, landscapers) did NOT cause this drought - poor government planning, irresponsible management of natural resources and just plain greed have all been major contributing factors.
Pressure Washers being targeted.. why?
Because they have allowed themselves to become easy targets. I hope you pressure washing companies down south get it all worked out.
Falls Lake could supply much more water for Raleigh
As a resident of the area for 65 years and seeing the population increase at a rapid rate the only common sense approach to fixng Raleigh's water woes is to take bulldozers and dig out all the flat areas in the upper end of the lake. When the lake is full these areas are only around 3 feet deep and this should have been an option that Raleigh has not explored as of this date. The removal of all this fill dirt could be used in other projects around the area, even in waste disposal sites. Wake up Raleigh officals and make good use of what is offered for the benefit of this state.Have personally been and looked at all the areas up stream of highway 50 and the water volume could be increased for the whole lake by probably 5 times. Raleigh's drinking water will be unfit in the future if some steps are not taken to increase volume and clean up what is coming down stream from the Durham area right now at this moment. It is a crime and a shame to see what is being dumped into the upstream area.Good luck all in having clean, decent water to drink in the future, ask your officals what they plan to do about this disgrace !