The 2/1/08 N&O Editorial, Our Views, was an excellent reading on the N&O's, the media's in general, as well as local and state governments' mind-sets about the drought and water supply situation in Raleigh and North Carolina.
use is creeping up.
the time for drastic steps has come.
backsliding from their conservation ways.
demand near or exceeding...
the lake has fewer than 110 days...
cities...aren't issuing the...dire warnings...called for.
drought experts...using the term catastrophic.
conservations needs to be a household rule.
neither Raleigh nor Durham has imposed...strictest...limits.
Raleigh City Council...declined...surcharge...intended to cut consumption.
ban on irrigation and pressure washing.
water savings would be worthwhile as an emergency measure.
...every new home...means more demand on scarce water supplies.
...the region may look back on these days as a water conservation opportunity down the drain.
