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Commissioners push staff to pursue short-term water options while studying long-term regional solutions
Summary
Board asked staff to receive and consider an outside engineering consultant's report on water-supply options, seek interim bulk-purchase arrangements and develop policy on sewer allocations while studying regionalization and partnerships with towns and industry.
The Johnston County Board of Commissioners directed staff to move forward on short-term steps to secure water and to study longer-term regional water solutions after extensive discussion at a strategic planning session.
Lede/nut graf: Commissioners told staff to obtain an engineering report being prepared for the county, expected in late spring, and to return with interim options for purchased or leased water capacity. At the same time the board asked staff to continue to pursue longer-term regional partnerships and to review county sewer allocation and residential sewer-service policies.
Why it matters: Commissioners said the county faces a hard limit on water capacity the county controls directly and that long-term plans to build new intake and treatment infrastructure are engineering-feasible but potentially expensive to ratepayers. Securing short-term capacity or buy-in arrangements is…
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