July 03, 2024
The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council has designated Iredell County as an area of moderate drought, and the entire state is either designated as having abnormally dry, moderate drought, or severe drought intensity levels.
The lack of significant rainfall in Iredell Water’s service area in over six weeks, combined with temperatures in the 90’s the past few weeks, has led to very dry conditions in our area, and the prospects for rain in the near future do not look good.
Because of these conditions, along with near-record prolonged water usage in recent weeks, Iredell Water must move into a Stage One voluntary water shortage condition that encourages our customers to reduce their non-essential uses of water starting today, July 3, 2024.
When areas are found to be in moderate drought, water providers like Iredell Water are requested to inform their customers about the situation and ask them to voluntarily restrict their use of water to protect the water supply, in case the drought conditions do not ease or get even worse.
As a result, Iredell Water is asking our customers to cut water use by taking the following steps:
- Repair all known leaks.
- Limit at-home car washing to the minimum.
- Limit lawn and garden watering to that which is necessary for plants to survive.
- Do not wash down outside areas such as sidewalks, patios, parking lots, service bays or aprons, etc.
- Do not leave faucets running while shaving or rinsing dishes.
- Water shrubbery to the minimum required, reusing household water when possible.
- Limit use of clothes washers and dish washers and when used, operate when fully loaded.
- Use of showers for bathing, rather than bathtub, and limit showers to no more than four (4) minutes.
- Limit flushing of toilets. Think “If it’s yellow, be mellow. If it’s brown, flush it down.”
- Use of disposable and biodegradable dishes, if possible.
- Using flow-restrictive and water-saving devices.
- Limit hours of operation of water-cooled air conditioners.
- Use only hoses with spring-activated nozzles when watering lawns and gardens.
Iredell Water is asking customers with irrigation systems to use the following schedule:
Odd-numbered street addresses:
Tuesday 8 p.m. to Wednesday 8 a.m.
Saturday 8 p.m. to Sunday 8 a.m
Even-numbered street addresses and unnumbered addresses:
Thursday 8 p.m. to Friday 8 a.m.
Sunday 8 p.m. to Monday 8 a.m.
We are also asking residents, businesses, and institutions are requested to temporarily delay new landscape work until the water shortage has ended.
Iredell Water thanks our customers in advance for helping us protect our water supply before significant issues arise, and we hope that we all receive much-needed rain soon.
(Okay, not during the 4th of July fireworks.)
June 01, 2024
If you home or business was contructed prior to March 1987 please click the link below to complete the Service Line Survey for your home or business:
Water Line Material Survey
To learn more about our "Get the Lead Out" Campaign, our compliance with the newly Revised Lead & Copper Rule, and the Service Line Inventory which is required by the US EPA and NCDEQ please click the following link:
Iredell Water Lead Safe Community Page
