Wake County is growing so fast that every year, the population increases by roughly 25,000 people – which breaks down to about 60 new residents per day.
With more people moving to the area, there will be more demand for resources, especially water. Raleigh alone provides about 52 million gallons of clean drinking water to households every day. That’s enough to fill nearly 79 Olympic sized swimming pools. In addition, all the new development that comes with a rapid increase of parking lots, roads, and other impervious surfaces that can funnel water into channels and cause flash floods.
Anticipating the county’s population to double by 2070, Wake County officials have released a 50-year “One Water” plan to work more collaboratively with municipalities, utilities, residents and other local stakeholders to conserve water supplies, prepare for water shortages, address pollution and mitigate the impacts of climate change…