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Posted by }<)))*> StriperChaser on November 20, 2005, 5:59 pm By MATTHEW E. MILLIKEN, Daily Dispatch Writer The Tri-County's demand for water could exceed its supply in just five years, area officials The projection was perhaps the most significant preliminary local finding in a statewide study Rural Center official Jean Crews-Klein discussed the project and its implications Thursday at The Water 2030 study has found that nearly all of North Carolina's 900 or so water and Many water and sewer systems are not operated as businesses, a practice that the Rural However, Crews-Klein warned, rate hikes alone won't be enough to pay for necessary “The state of North Carolina and the local governments of North Carolina are gonna have to State Rep. Jim Crawford (D-Oxford), however, seemed pessimistic about the possibility of a “All you gotta do is ride to Durham and see Falls Lake to know we got real problems,” he Link: Read the article
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Officials say Tri-County demand may exceed supply in future
were told Thursday evening.
that is being conducted by the North Carolina Rural Economic Development Center. The
$2.5 million endeavor, which the center launched 20 months ago, is called Water 2030, and it
has some alarming messages for state officials and residents.
a meeting of the Kerr-Tar Regional Council of Governments.
sewer systems plan to expand in the next quarter century, but only half of them have a capital
improvement plan and know how much expansion and renovation will cost them over the next
five years. The Rural Center believes that North Carolina will need $16.5 billion in water and
sewer construction between now and 2030.
Center recommends advice that, if followed, heralds higher monthly bills for millions of
customers across the state.
system improvements. Nor will federal assistance now that the United States government is
cutting its investment in public utilities.
step to the plate and find ways to fund infrastructure investments that we are gonna need to
make,” Crews-Klein said. She implicitly endorsed the state's 1998 so-called Clean Water
Bond issue as a model for such funding by praising that $800 million program as a “home
run.”
Clean Water Bond sequel because, he said, the state has taken on so much debt in the last
few years. Crawford definitely perceives water issues as vital, however.
said after Crews-Klein's presentation.
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