{"id":4612,"date":"2026-07-01T04:33:54","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612"},"modified":"2026-07-01T04:33:54","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T04:33:54","slug":"as-durham-water-supply-continues-to-drop-a-850m-project-aims-to-protect-against-droughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612","title":{"rendered":"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Even with a little bit of rain over the last week, Durham\u2019s water supply continues to fall. As of Tuesday,\u00a0the city is reporting\u00a0its reservoirs are less than half full.<\/p>

Read more CBS 17\u2019s 3-Degree Guarantee reaches first \u2018perfect month\u2019 milestone with nearly $370,000 donated to charities since 2014<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s dropped a little bit and it will continue to drop until we get some rain,\u201d Durham Water Management\u00a0Assistant Director\u00a0for Administration, Communication & Compliance Sydney Miller said.<\/p>\n

According to the city, there\u2019s an estimated 86 days before the main supply is exhausted. That\u2019s why residents are under\u00a0stage 2 water restrictions, eliminating sprinkler use, as well as car washing and power washing.<\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

The Department of Water Management reports a 12 percent drop in demand, but it started issuing violation notices, which could lead to fines.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur residents are responding, and we need them to do more,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThe bad news is that we have to do something, and the good news is we\u2019re starting to do something.\u201d<\/p>

Read more Mbapp\u00e9 scores twice to tie Messi for World Cup lead with 6 goals, France beats Sweden 3-0<\/a><\/p>

\n
\n

MORE FROM CBS 17<\/h2>\n
\n

\n\t\t\n\t\tDURHAM COUNTY NEWS\n\t\t\n\t\t\t<\/h2>\n
\n
\n\n
\n

\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t$850M project aims to protect against droughts in Durham\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n
\n\n
\n

\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMan hit by shrapnel after gun goes off in Durham: Police\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n
\n\n
\n

\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tPossible explosion under investigation at Durham facility\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<\/h3>\n\n\n<\/svg>\n<\/span>\n<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n

Officials said Durham is currently getting water from Jordan lake with help from the Town of Cary. But the city is working on\u00a0an $850 million project\u00a0that would allow them to pump that supply straight to Durham with a new treatment facility.<\/p>\n

\n
\"\"<\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n

\u201cIf we had that, we would not be in trouble right now,\u201d Miller said. \u201cThat sets up our city for the next generation and growth and it also sets up our city for much greater resilience and just being in a better position for a future drought.\u201d<\/p>\n

Durham Water Management said project leaders are just now entering design-build contracts, and they expect the Jordan Lake project to be ready in 2031 or 2032.<\/p>

Read more Burn survivor speaks at Cary event to help stop firework-related injuries<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Even with a little bit of rain over the last week, Durham’s water supply continues to fall. As of Tuesday,\u00a0the city is reporting\u00a0its reservoirs are less than half full. “That’s dropped a little bit and it will continue to drop until we get some rain,” Durham Water Management Assistant Director for Administration, Communication […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4612","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAs Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts - Raleigh Moving News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts - Raleigh Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Even with a little bit of rain over the last week, Durham’s water supply continues to fall. As of Tuesday,\u00a0the city is reporting\u00a0its reservoirs are less than half full. “That’s dropped a little bit and it will continue to drop until we get some rain,” Durham Water Management Assistant Director for Administration, Communication […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Raleigh Moving News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-07-01T04:33:54+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/111ef8834434cbd9a7caba9072574bc0.webp\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/webp\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eda87157c0d9ccdbb002a999547a6a60\"},\"headline\":\"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T04:33:54+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612\"},\"wordCount\":366,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612\",\"name\":\"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts - Raleigh Moving News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-07-01T04:33:54+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eda87157c0d9ccdbb002a999547a6a60\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/07\\\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?p=4612#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"Raleigh Moving News\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/eda87157c0d9ccdbb002a999547a6a60\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/raleighmovingnews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts - Raleigh Moving News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts - Raleigh Moving News","og_description":"DURHAM, N.C. (WNCN) \u2014 Even with a little bit of rain over the last week, Durham’s water supply continues to fall. As of Tuesday,\u00a0the city is reporting\u00a0its reservoirs are less than half full. “That’s dropped a little bit and it will continue to drop until we get some rain,” Durham Water Management Assistant Director for Administration, Communication […]","og_url":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612","og_site_name":"Raleigh Moving News","article_published_time":"2026-07-01T04:33:54+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/111ef8834434cbd9a7caba9072574bc0.webp","type":"image\/webp"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eda87157c0d9ccdbb002a999547a6a60"},"headline":"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts","datePublished":"2026-07-01T04:33:54+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612"},"wordCount":366,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp","articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612","url":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612","name":"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts - Raleigh Moving News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp","datePublished":"2026-07-01T04:33:54+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eda87157c0d9ccdbb002a999547a6a60"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp","contentUrl":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2a4176bbc2bac728c2c59b96994b5116.webp","width":1280,"height":720},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?p=4612#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"As Durham water supply continues to drop, a $850M project aims to protect against droughts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/","name":"Raleigh Moving News","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/eda87157c0d9ccdbb002a999547a6a60","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/50b1ad2e498f523425ee0a8cc5180a210646db1622662a3d56cc405d3e0c346a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com"],"url":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4612"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4612\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4612"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4612"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/raleighmovingnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4612"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}