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With North Carolina still dealing with a drought, Greensboro has begun voluntary water restrictions that went into effect Wednesday and will continue for the next 30 days, and Reidsville is preparing similar measures.

Greensboro pulls most of its water from three man-made lakes north of the city: Lake Higgins, Lake Brandt and Lake Townsend. Water Resources Director Mike Borchers said water levels have dropped low enough that the city is in stage 1 of its water conservation measures. "Right now our lakes are about 63% of available capacity, and the trigger is 61%," Borchers said.

For the next 30 days, the city is asking residents to voluntarily limit water use for washing vehicles, watering lawns, shaving, washing dishes, brushing teeth and more. Borchers said that for a city that uses up to 36 million gallons of water per day, any conservation adds up, and that historically the city can get up to a 10% reduction with voluntary restrictions. He said Greensboro also receives about a million gallons a day from Reidsville, about 2 million from Burlington, and water from the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority. The measures remain voluntary, and Borchers said if things go well the city will not have to move to mandatory stage 2 restrictions.

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Source note: Star News TV · Oct 14, 2026 8:45 PM.