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Regional official urges limits on Charlotte Water transfers from Catawba River
Summary
A Council of Governments representative told the Morganton council that Charlotte Water’s proposal to increase interbasin transfers from the Catawba River to the Yadkin–Rocky basin would worsen drought risk, raise treatment costs and shift economic burdens to downstream communities; he cited HB 850’s moratorium and urged local engagement with the UNC Collaboratory study.
A Council of Governments representative told the Morganton council that Charlotte Water’s proposal to increase large interbasin transfers (IBTs) from the Catawba River Basin would harm downstream communities and compound drought risks.
The presenter said Charlotte Water currently holds a 33,000,000-gallon-per-day IBT certificate and is seeking to increase transfers to about 63,000,000 gallons per day. "They want to put another 300,000 people in Eastern Mecklenburg County," the presenter said, framing the proposed increase as a major change in regional water demand. He also said Charlotte’s system loses more than 19% of every gallon it withdraws, which he quantified in the briefing as about 23,000,023 gallons per day lost to leaks.
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