Drought starts getting real to a lot more people when officials start asking them to conserve water.
That isn’t the case everywhere across Cardinal News’ Southwest and Southside Virginia coverage area, at least yet, and there are no mandatory water restrictions anywhere. But last week, Bedford Water issued a statement urging the customers in its Smith Mountain Lake service area “to voluntarily conserve water, with a goal of reducing overall usage by approximately 5–10%.”
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