Lake Michie is a reservoir in central North Carolina, within the Neuse River watershed.

Fed principally by the Flat River, Lake Michie is the primary reservoir for the city of Durham.

[1] In addition to retaining drinking water for the city, the concrete and earthwork dam, built between 1924 and 1926, supplied hydroelectric power to Durham until 1960, when the generators were removed.

In 2004 city officials were considering expanding the lake, which normally supplies Durham with 30–35 million US gallons (110,000–130,000 m3) of drinking water per day to address future water needs and reverse the ongoing reduction in lake volume by sedimentary deposits.

[3][4] During the drought of 2007, both Lake Michie and the Little River Reservoir, Durham's primary sources of drinking water, were severely affected, despite a reduction in daily water use from 37 million US gallons (140,000 m3) per day to 22.16 million US gallons (83,900 m3) per day.