Despite some rain Tuesday, the Charlotte area is poised to enter the next phase of drought restrictions, this May, potentially imposing mandatory water conservation rules to protect our drinking water.
Nearly all the water we use in the Charlotte area comes from the Catawba River and makes its way through Duke Energy’s hydroelectric dams. That’s the same water we drink, that generates our power, that waters our lawns and runs our factories, so when that water gets scarce, Bryan Walsh, Duke Energy’s Vice President of Renewables and Lake Services says the system needs to prioritize its most important and most efficient uses.
“While hydro is a very cheap and efficient way to make electricity, it uses a lot of water,” he said…