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Mandatory water restrictions looming?

Pity Alan Williams. Greensboro's water czar personalizes the weather like no one else in city government ever has. I called him today to ask a few questions for a story we're putting in tomorrow's paper.

Margaret: Hey, Allan. How are you?

Allan: It's dry.

He admits he's Dr. Doom under these bone-dry circumstances.

Anyway, here's a preview of what we'll have in the story tomorrow:

Greensboro leaders will decide next week whether it's time for mandatory water restrictions. Allan Williams, the city's water director, said he'll meet with state climatologists and meteorologists on Tuesday in Raleigh, then plot his next move.

But "it's looking grim," he said.

"The way the lakes are going and the way the weather is going, we are not optimistic," Williams said.

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Carol Vorndran said:

There's an awful lot of building going on near Kernersville and Oak Ridge. Will these new but unoccupied homes be given water rights while the drought conditions exist?

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