NC: 55 towns don’t have water conservation plan

ASHEVILLE — North Carolina water officials say 55 towns haven’t filed a required water conservation plan and penalties for that failure are as high as $10,000 a month.

A law passed last year requires the plans to be filed by July 1. The Asheville Citizen-Times reported Friday that towns without their own plan must follow state conservation rules when
restrictions are imposed.

Spokesman Jamie Kritzer at the Department of Environment and Natural Resources said some towns have filed plans but didn’t update them.

Western North Carolina has the driest areas and the town of Marshall has ordered mandatory restrictions after one of its three wells dried up. State officials are expediting permits to get a new well for the town.

Information from: The Asheville Citizen-Times, http://www.citizen-times.com

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