For the third straight meeting, the City Council has delayed voting on a proposed 17 percent increase in the water rate.

If there's a dirty little secret about water conservation, it's that it often puts pressure on utility operators to raise water rates.

State water resource officials have notified Raleigh that its drought response plan submitted to them isn't good enough to meet the worst demands of a long dry spell.

A UNC-Duke study recommends steps the state should take to avoid water shortages in the future

Nearly half of North Carolina still faces a drought as it continues to struggle to fully emerge from the dry conditions that have gripped the South for more than a year.

Federal agriculture officials have granted Gov. Mike Easley's request to have 59 counties designated as disaster areas because of crop losses caused by drought and extreme heat this year, including two Triangle counties, Durham and Orange, the Governor's Office announced Monday.

The Orange Water and Sewer Authority is proposing water conservation changes based on feedback during the drought.

Nearly two weeks after Tropical Storm Hanna ended the Triangle's long-running drought, most of the region remains "abnormally dry," according to the latest government drought map released Thursday.

For the first time in 13 months, Raleigh water customers may water their lawns and plants three days a week.