Raleigh City Council Work Session, September 15, 2026
Decided: Water supply work session briefing (drought recap and future supply alternatives)
What happened
On September 15, 2026, Raleigh acted on Water supply work session briefing (drought recap and future supply alternatives).
This was a Raleigh City Council work session focused on water supply; no votes were taken and no land-use entitlements were decided. Raleigh Water staff briefed council on the recently ended drought (Falls Lake water supply pool now at 79%), the Triangle Water Supply Partnership…
- Jurisdiction
- Raleigh, NC
- Governing body
- Final authority
- Date
- September 15, 2026
- Decisions
- 1 zoning decision
- Outcome
- Decided
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Water supply work session briefing (drought recap and future supply alternatives)
Raleigh Water staff (Ed Buchan and Director Whit Wheeler) presented a drought recap and future water supply plan. Falls Lake water supply pool is at 79% (was ~60% in June); stage-one trigger is 45%.
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Water supply work session briefing (drought recap and future supply alternatives)
Development Activity (5)
Neuse River Intake and Water Treatment Plant
Infrastructure
Little River Reservoir
Infrastructure
Carr Lake Water Supply Option
Infrastructure
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Market Signals (5)
Infrastructure
Falls Lake water supply pool recovered to 79% after July…
Housing Demand
Residential accounts make up ~61% of Raleigh Water demand and…
Infrastructure
Raleigh Water is temporarily selling water to Franklin County, Johnston…
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Who spoke
9 distinct speakers; 2 identified names.
All speaker roles: 5 Councilmember, 1 Unknown, 2 Staff, 1 Mayor.
Identified name roles: 2 Staff.
Speaker sample: Ed Buchan, Staff.
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- commercial (1 timestamps)
- industrial (4 timestamps)
- approved (1 timestamps)
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