Water Shortage a Gain for Big Sweep Effort
Volunteers cleaned the edges of North Carolina waterways Saturday during the Big Sweep effort. The drought made collecting trash easier than years past.
Posted — UpdatedNearly 250 volunteers participated Saturday at nine Wake County cleanup sites.
"[The drought] will make shorelines much more accessible. It will give people wider shorelines to walk along. They can go where they couldn't before. Maybe we'll fill up more bags than we have in the past," Jones said.
The drought gripping North Carolina shows little sign of weakening.
The level of Falls Lake, Raleigh's primary reservoir, fell by more than 6 inches last week, and the water is more than 7 feet below normal.
In Chapel Hill, water levels at University Lake and the Cane Creek Reservoirs were down by 42 percent last week.
The lake levels at Little River Lake and Lake Michie, Durham's main water supplies, also continue to fall.
According to preliminary results, 14,710 pounds of trash was collected in Wake County, and 420 pounds of trash was collected from at least one site Durham. A complete report of Big Sweep results will be available on Monday.
In Wake County, Big Sweep will be held again next Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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