“Clean drinking water is necessary for healthy families and thriving communities and businesses," Cooper said. "The historic level of investment provided by the American Rescue Plan will help increase resiliency, support economic growth in our state, and improve access to clean water in the communities that need it most.”
Five projects will provide water connections in underserved or disadvantaged communities:
- Sampson County will receive $13,283,000 to provide water system connections for the community of Ivanhoe.
- Nash County will receive $12,775,170 to extend waterlines to connect Nash County Area II and Northern Nash water systems.
- Greenevers, in Duplin County, will receive $1,300,466 to install waterlines for 63 new connections in underserved areas.
- Edgecombe County will receive $1,126,850 to install waterlines and 20 new services to disadvantaged areas.
- McDowell County will receive $815,437 to extend waterlines to a potentially underserved block group.
Other notable projects include:
- Andrews, in Cherokee County, will receive $13,798,000 for drinking water line replacements and wastewater treatment plant upgrades.
- Fairmont, in Robeson County, will receive $15,000,000 for wastewater collection system rehabilitation.
- Cliffside Sanitary District, in Rutherford County, will receive $2,861,966 for wastewater system repairs and treatment plant retrofits.
- Edenton, in Chowan County, will receive $4,854,725 for two new water wells and to conduct Asset Inventory and Assessments.
- Sanford, Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs, in Lee and Wake Counties, are jointly receiving $55,000,000 for a regional project involving expansion of Sanford's water filtration facility.
- Lake Lure, in Rutherford County, will receive $200,000 to conduct an asset inventory assessment of their sanitary sewer system, which is located beneath the lake.
- Ocracoke Sanitary District, in Hyde County, will receive $5,753,000 for a water tank replacement and asset inventory and assessment of their drinking water system.
- Littleton, in Halifax County, will receive $2,276,500 for wastewater treatment plant improvements and pump station rehabilitation.
The Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Water Infrastructure received more than 700 applications from 94 of North Carolina’s 100 counties, requesting more than $3.1 billion. This funding round included the first awards of American Rescue Plan Act water and wastewater funding on the state level, as well as $174,846,696 in funds that were appropriated in the 2022-23 state budget, signed by Governor Cooper on July 11, 2022.
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“These funds will replace aging infrastructure and help utilities remain viable, which benefits the health and economic well-being of communities across our state,” said DEQ Secretary Elizabeth S. Biser.
