MONROE, N.C. (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Union County joins Mecklenburg and other areas around Charlotte in implementing more serious water restrictions Friday.
Union County begins Stage 2 of its Water Shortage Response Plan due to severe drought conditions that have persisted for more than six months throughout the region.
“As drought conditions become increasingly severe throughout the Southeast and here in the Carolinas, we are joining with our regional partners in calling on all customers to conserve water,” County Manager Brian Matthews said. “We’re asking everyone to think critically about how they can incorporate water conservation into their daily lives.”
Mandatory water restrictions begin Friday in Charlotte area amid extreme drought
Union County implemented Stage 1 of its Water Shortage Response Plan on April 21. The last time Union County implemented Stage 2 conditions was in 2009…