Three water notices, three different systems

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Rocky Mount’s September 29 voluntary appeal is not the same notice as Chatham’s Stage 2 emergency or Appomattox’s July conservation request.

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Rocky Mount: a new local appeal

Rocky Mount’s September 29 notice announces a Stage Two Water Concern and asks residential and commercial customers to reduce outdoor and other nonessential use voluntarily. It identifies the Blackwater River as the town’s main source.

A regional drought designation and the town’s local operating stage should not be treated as interchangeable.

Chatham: check the customer boundary

The county alert records Chatham’s Stage 2 water emergency declared September 10. It identifies Chatham customers and county-served areas including Dry Fork Road, Mill Creek Road, Robin Court and the U.S. 29 corridor between Tightsqueeze and Dry Fork.

This is not a notice for Gretna’s water system.

Appomattox: an older notice remains posted

Appomattox’s notice was posted July 17 and carries July 16 in its text. It describes Stage 1 voluntary conservation connected to its CCUSA water source.

It remained listed when checked October 1; that does not make it a newly declared October emergency. Follow the current instructions of the utility serving your address.

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Rocky Mount conservation notice, September 29, 2026

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Pittsylvania County Chatham alert

Posted September 11; declaration September 10, 2026.

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Appomattox voluntary conservation notice

Posted July 17, 2026; body dated July 16. Still listed at source check.

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