By Jade Dundas Asheville Water Resources Director The City of Asheville is getting calls about water supply and conservation. This recent interest is understandable, given the very low amounts of rain that we have received throughout the year, the recent severe drought designation for the region, and that some of our neighboring communities are asking residents to [...]
After recently upgrading water mains to enhance fire safety along Victoria Road, the City of Asheville has started the next phase of infrastructure improvements to the area, which will include repaving the road. Prior to the paving is work to improve existing stormwater infrastructure. This work will be completed during daytime hours. Lane closures are expected [...]
In an effort to prevent damage in the event of a natural disaster (flood or earthquake), the City of Asheville has identified proactive improvement measures to be taken at the North Fork Reservoir to protect and improve critical infrastructure and resources. Join the City of Asheville Water Resources Department, area fire departments and consulting engineers to [...]
While Buncombe County is experiencing drought this summer, Asheville’s water supply remains ample. To be sure levels at the North Fork Reservoir have dropped somewhat. But it’s a deep dish that can hold a lot of liquid, and this allows Asheville to delay mandated conservation in all but the most extreme conditions. “We get asked during [...]
Some big hearts pulled together to help repair Shane Moore’s heart. One hundred of them, in fact, many of them City workers. It was a team effort. Literally. Water Resources Meter Services Division Manager Brandon Buckner considers Shane something like a kid brother. He even has a nickname for the younger meter technician: Buck. That’s because Shane started [...]
By any measure Asheville’s catastrophic Flood of 1916 stands as “The Flood by Which All Other Floods Are Measured.” When two tropical storms converged on the mountains in tandem that summer — one from the Gulf in June followed by another from the Atlantic in July — the water that thundered in its wake wasn’t [...]
July 1 will bring some fee increases to residents Plan now for a few upticks in City fees that will go into effect July 1. In the 2016-2017 budget, which goes before City Council for approval at its June 14 meeting, are a 1.5 percent water rate increase for residential and small commercial customers and a 3.5 percent [...]
Traffic on Victoria Road will be controlled by mobile traffic lights during the water main construction. Heading down Victoria Road anytime soon? You might want to enter from the Mission Hospital end rather than Meadow Road, at least for now. Otherwise, you may encounter a traffic delay. The City of Asheville Water Resources Engineering Division recently began [...]
The City of Asheville has released its 18th annual Water Quality Report, a federally-mandated “report card” designed to educate customers on what is in their drinking water. The City of Asheville is pleased to report that the city’s drinking water continues to surpass all U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Safe Drinking Water Standards. The report is [...]
The City of Asheville Water Resources Department has an emergency water interruption going on today, Feb. 10. The affected areas are from North Fork Water Production Plant to U.S. 70, also to include North Fork Road, North Fork Road Right Fork, Wallace Mountain, Walker Town Road, White Oak Trail, Lynx Lane, North Oconeechee Avenue, Oconeechee Avenue [...]
It takes more than a pristine water source to deliver safe drinking water to Asheville customers. “City of Asheville water comes from pristine and protected sources: particularly the Bee Tree and North Fork Reservoirs, situated in a 22,000-acre watershed,” said Jade Dundas, Water Resources Director. “But pure water is not enough. You need to ensure that [...]
The NC Supreme Court announced Jan. 29 that it will hear the water lawsuit, denying the state’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. The case, Asheville v. State (No. COA14-1255), involves a 2013 statute that requires the City to transfer its water system to a new authority and without compensation. At trial, the court recognized these constitutional [...]
