During a local civic luncheon, a City Gov official indicated that most of these options were “too expensive”, but can we really afford not to pursue these options?
Depends on how we value water and manage the risk. Many options not only require large investments of public funds, but also take years or decades to implement, and so would not in any way help with the current drought. But every community I’ve heard from is looking at longer-term solutions to reduce their vulnerability to future droughts. How does any city continue to support further growth in both industry and population without a reliable long-term source of water? This isn’t a “very rare” circumstance … we just went through a similar drought in 2002 – just 5 years ago. And Rocky Mount is small compared to Raleigh and Durham — what really happens in 90-120 days when Durham “runs out” of water? Where do 100,000+ people take showers, use toilets, etc. This is a long-term question for many communities in NC – how to we plan for future water supplies that will allow growth. Many communities are building interconnections to surrounding municipal supplies to reduce vulnerability. And m
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