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/ North Carolina drought conditions as of May 18, 2021. As the Cape Fear region continues to see moderate drought conditions, county officials have issued burn bans and water conservation alerts. In addition, the North Carolina Forest Service has issued a ban on all open burning and has canceled all burning permits for 26 counties, including New Hanover, Pender, and Brunswick. The N.C. Forest Service's burning ban goes into effect today, May 24, 2021. It will remain in effect until further notice. “Our state is getting drier and hotter, and wildfires like those conditions,” says Agricult...

LCFWASA LCFWASA pumps untreated water from just north of Lock and Dam No. 1 on the Cape Fear River in Riegelwood, all the way down to the Sweeney Water Treatment Plant, north of the Isabel Holmes bridge in Wilmington. Water travels through a 48-inch pipeline that stretches 24 miles and crosses the river twice. Crews are working to install a second, 54-inch parallel pipeline that traverses the same path. Once online, the $37 million project will immediately increase LCFWASA’s delivery output, from 45 millions of gallons a day (mgd) — the current max — to an estimated 62 mgd, without addi...