Residents are asked to reduce their water use by 10 percent by taking shorter showers, flushing toilets less often and other measures.

The town will also provide water-saving shower heads, faucet aerators and toilet-water savers to residents next week at the Water-Sewer Billing and Collections office at 137 N. Churton St. For more information, call Julie Vance at 732-1270, ext. 72.

The town still has about 220 days of water left, but adopted the measure in reaction to the ongoing drought and calls from Gov. Mike Easley to conserve.