$204 million approved for North Carolina water infrastructure projects
7/25/2025
Over $204 million in funding for wastewater and drinking water infrastructure projects was approved this week by North Carolina Governor Josh Stein and the North Carolina Dept. of Environmental Quality. The funding will be allocated for 48 projects across 27 counties.
According to ABC 13 News, this funding, which will support 48 projects, aims to address PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances), which are "widely used, long-lasting chemicals," with components that "break down very slowly over time," according to the Environmental Protection Agency. The funding will also replace lead pipes and enhance existing water infrastructure for future storms.
Some of the larger projects included in this funding are as follows:
- Bryson City (Swain County): $9.2 million in Clean Water State Revolving Funds for wastewater treatment plant improvements
- Waynesville (Haywood County): $8.2 million for improvements to the Little Champion Gravity Sewer and Pump Station
- Graham (Alamance County): $3.4 million for Graham-Mebane Water Treatment Plant improvements
- Fayetteville Public Works Commission (Cumberland County): $20.5 million for the P.O. Hoffer/Glenville Lake Water Treatment Plant Granulated Activated Carbon facility
- River Bend (Craven County): $6.3 million for Phase II drinking water improvements
- Martin County Regional Water and Sewer Authority: $1 million for GAC filters for PFAS removal
- Lenoir (Caldwell County): $5.6 million for Lower Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant Process Basin Improvements and $1 million for the Lead Service Line Inventory Phase 3 project
- Lexington (Davidson County): $13.7 million for the Lexington Regional Wastewater Treatment Plant Solids Handling Improvements project
- Henderson (Vance County): $10.7 million for the Sandy Creek Pump Station and Force Main project
- Warrenton (Warren County): $10 million for the Phase IV Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements project
- Sanford (Lee County): $7.3 million for the Dry Creek Basin Sewer Rehabilitation project and $1 million each for the Sanford/TriRiver Water/Chatham County and Sanford/TriRiver Water/Siler City Lead Service Line Inventory projects
- Pfeiffer-North Stanly Water Association (Stanly County): $4.9 million for the N. Main Street and Old 52 waterline replacement project
- Carolina Water Service, Inc.: $5.5 million for six projects involving PFAS-related, lead service line identification or water line-related funding in Cumberland, Gaston, Moore, and Pender counties
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