Falls Lake

Senate Leaders Propose Eliminating Pollution Controls In Jordan and Falls Lakes

Senate Republicans are proposing eliminating the state’s protections for drinking water from Jordan and Falls lakes, in favor of new measures that could…

Falls Lake as seen from above Durham County

Politics

Durham Makes Move To Buy Property Near Polluted Falls Lake

Will Michaels

Durham County Commissioners have approved a plan to buy 260 acres of land near Falls Lake. The board voted 3-2 this week to purchase the property in east…

Environment

Raleigh Considers Alternative Reservoirs

Dave DeWitt

Officials with the City of Raleigh may ask for some changes to be made to how much water they can use from Falls Lake Reservoir. The request may delay…

Environment

Efforts To Protect Watershed Get Complicated

Gurnal Scott

Wake County Commissioners' efforts to reduce the amount of pollution in Falls Lake and Jordan Lake got a little complicated this week.Gurnal Scott: Both…

Environment

Raleigh Seeks Alternative Energy Source

Dave DeWitt

Raleigh is hoping to build another sustainable energy facility. This one would be a hydroelectric plant at the Falls Lake Dam.Dave DeWitt: Raleigh already…