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Hamlet council accepts $4.925 million in state funds after engineering update; DEQ approval clears water plant for construction
Summary
Council voted to accept $4,925,000 in NCDEQ directed‑project funding and heard LKC Engineering lay out timelines for a water treatment plant rehabilitation and a wastewater plant expansion, including a DEQ 'stamp of approval' on the water plant that staff said allows construction to begin.
The Hamlet City Council on Tuesday approved a resolution to accept $4,925,000 in directed project grant funding from the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality and received a timeline update from LKC Engineering on major water and wastewater projects.
City Manager (S3) told the council the DEQ had issued the final stamp of approval for the water treatment plant design, allowing the city to proceed toward construction. "As of today, we received from DEQ the stamp of approval to begin construction on our water treatment plant," the manager said, framing the milestone as the result of years of work and as a key step toward resolving long‑running water quality issues.
Adam Kiker of LKC Engineering (S6), who presented on behalf of the city's consulting team, said contractors have finished design work and that permitting milestones are now complete. "Very coincidentally…
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