While a boil water alert remains in place for Asheville Water Customers, water conditions continue to improve at the North ...

And most of the city’s water supply — about 80 percent — comes from North Fork Reservoir near Black Mountain, which opened in 1955 and is surrounded by more than 20,000 acres of forest. The city’s ...

ASHEVILLE - Significant tree loss and lasting damage to the city's watershed from Tropical Storm Helene has left its reservoirs extremely vulnerable, staff said in June. Burnett and Bee Tree ...

Equipment used to install turbidity-reducing curtains sat on the shore of North Lake Reservoir in October. At the time, Asheville water system customers were under a boil water notice more than a ...

Asheville will begin debris removal at North Fork, the largest of the city's three water treatment plants, which saw significant impacts from Helene.

As of Wednesday, November 13, the turbidity reading at North Fork had fallen below 15. The third round of in-reservoir treatment will begin today. North Fork’s capacity to push treated water into the ...