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Dorchester County Council commits funds to reserve additional Lake Marion water capacity
Summary
Council voted unanimously to authorize Dorchester County to reserve additional finished water capacity from the Lake Marion Regional Water Agency; county staff said federal funding covers 75% of the project and the county’s share would be roughly $854,902.13 for its portion of the new capacity.
Dorchester County Council voted unanimously April 21 to confirm a commitment to reserve additional finished water capacity from the Lake Marion Regional Water Agency.
The vote follows a reading of Resolution 25‑005 and staff remarks explaining how the regional plant expansion and county participation fit into local infrastructure and economic development plans.
County Administrator Ward said Dorchester has been “a member of that agency for well over 20 years,” and described the project as a federally funded expansion that will increase finished water capacity at the Santee treatment plant. Ward said the plant was originally put in service in 2008 with about an 8,000,000‑gallon…
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