In a region considered rich in water resources, two droughts in the first decade of the new century helped drive home the importance of water conservation in Durham, N.C.
Vicki Westbrook, assistant director of administration and operations at the Durham Department of Water Management, says the water conservation program sprang from the work of an early 1990s citizens committee studying a bond program to finance expansion of wastewater treatment facilities.
One item that came out of that study was a recommendation to focus on controlling the growth of demand for treatment capacity. The
