2008 Report of the Water Allocation Study of the NC Environmental Review Commission

Author(s): Richard Whisnant, Bill Holman, Jeff Hughes, Leslie Kleczek, Greg Characklis, Mallory Dimmitt, Joe LoBuglio, Naomi Schwartz, Jennifer Platt, Sean Hughes, Shadi Eskaf, Andrew Westbrook, Alicia Guzman, Sybil Tate, Mary Tiger and Hannah Polikov

Published: January 2008

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The central problem in water allocation in North Carolina is that the historically ample water supply makes it difficult to see the importance of proactive measures to guard against future shortages. The state uses water like a person who has no budget spends money. The only legal limit on using water, outside the capacity use area (CUA), is a vague requirement to “be reasonable.”