The water is returning to the lake in Raleigh’s Pullen Park.
Lake Howell, where ducks, geese and pedal boats normally glide, was drained last winter, so contractors for the city could replace the crumbling concrete retaining walls around the perimeter.
Now the new concrete-block walls are finished. The 2.75-acre lake will gradually fill this week, with a mix of groundwater and water diverted from Rocky Branch, the creek that runs between the lake and Western Boulevard…