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There
was concern last week that the City of
Raleigh, which owns the Wake Forest
water and sewer systems, might not allow
developers to use well or pond water for
lawn irrigation.
Although the Town of Wake
Forest does not have an official policy,
residential developers have been
strongly urged in the last year to use
something other than the potable water
in the town’s water pipes for home
irrigation.
This week both Town Manager
Mark Williams and Deputy Town Manager
Roe O’Donnell said there is no need for
concern. Raleigh does not have a policy
about the source of irrigation, the city
will not object to the use of alternate
water sources.
“Their only concern is they
want a different sized pipe so there is
no chance of cross-connecting and
contaminating potable water,” Williams
said. “We do that, and I think the pipe
is even a different color.”
The question of irrigation
may be raised during a discussion about
water conservation measures at Tuesday
night’s town board work session.
Wake Forest began the
unofficial policy of urging alternate
irrigation sources after the town
experienced a high peak use during the
drought of 2005 and O’Donnell pointed to
the increased use of irrigation in new
subdivisions. The town has an allocation
of 4.91 million gallons of peak use per
day until 2010, when the allocation will
be increased by 4 percent annually. |
