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RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 As hot and dry conditions persist across central North Carolina, water levels on Falls Lake continue to decline, now down nearly five-and-a-half feet according to the Army Corps of Engineers.<\/p>

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\u201cJust hoping for rain. The lake level is dropping around half a foot a week,\u201d said Francis Ferrell, Chief Ranger for the Army Corps of Engineers at Falls Lake. The declining levels are happening as exceptional drought conditions continue across parts of the region.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re kind of going into this summer at a deficit, so, we\u2019re just holding onto every little bit that we can,\u201d Ferrell explained.<\/p>\n

Part of the problem, besides a lack of rain, is dry conditions upstream from the lake, including at Lake Michie in Bahama, a main source of water for the City of Durham.<\/p>\n

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Declining water levels seen at Falls Lake in June 2026. (Harrison Grubb \/ CBS 17)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s three reservoirs above us that are all spillway reservoirs, so those all essentially have to fill before we start getting runoff,\u201d said Ferrell.<\/p>\n

The City of Raleigh\u2019s supply on the lake is now around 66%, down from 69% last week.<\/p>\n

Ed Buchan, Assistant Director of Raleigh Water, says the supply is now dropping around 3% weekly when the lake isn\u2019t getting rain.<\/p>

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\u201cWe\u2019re really seeing even on non-irrigation days very high demand, which certainly implies that there\u2019s cases where people are still irrigating,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Stage One restrictions, limiting homeowners to watering their lawns once a week, have been in place since April.<\/p>\n

As water levels continue to decline, the city is stepping up its enforcement efforts, including sending crews out earlier in the morning to check for potential violations.<\/p>

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\u201cWe\u2019re just getting more eyes out there in the field, and hopefully people will take this to heart,\u201d said Buchan.<\/p>\n

To enter Stage Two restrictions, which completely bar the use of sprinklers, the city\u2019s supply would have to drop to 45%. The city says the addition of 5.6 billion gallons of water to the lake in 2019 is playing a major role during this drought.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s bought us a lot of time, and if you think about where we would be without that additional volume, certainly we would be much more concerned,\u201d Buchan said.<\/p>

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