The State Water Infrastructure Authority (SWIA) approved awards on July 15 to help cities, towns and counties strengthen infrastructure to better withstand future storms, improve existing drinking water and wastewater infrastructure, reduce contamination from forever chemicals and identify and replace lead pipes.
“These drinking water and wastewater infrastructure projects will protect people from dangerous chemicals, strengthen communities’ resilience to floods, and enable economic growth,” said DEQ Secretary Reid Wilson in a press release. “Safe drinking water and clean-running streams are what every North Carolinian deserves and expects.”
The State Water Infrastructure Authority, an independent body with primary responsibility for awarding federal and state funding for water infrastructure projects, approved a total of 45 projects for funding during its July 15 meeting in Raleigh.
Among the approved projects were two within Cumberland County. The Town of Spring Lake will receive a loan of $1,554,750 in DWSRF funds for its Drinking Water System Improvements Project and a loan of $3,442,550 in CWSRF funds for its Sewer System Improvements Project.
A complete list of the projects selected for funding is available on the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) website. DEQ’s Division of Water Infrastructure (DWI) reviewed 123 applications, which requested a total of $1.6 billion.
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