Wilmington water use down

It looks like Gov. Easley’s calls for water conservation may be working in the Port City.

On average we use 17.5 million gallons of water a day in Wilmington. Wednesday’s total was 14.5 million gallons.

That three million gallon drop is attributed to voluntary cutback efforts and the city’s enforced restrictions.

Those restrictions will have more teeth starting on Monday. The warnings will come to an end and the city will start fining offenders.