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Regional water authority urges coordinated wastewater plan to avoid capacity limits; High Point faces significant long‑term costs
Summary
PTRWA leaders told the High Point City Council on March 2 that regional wastewater capacity will be insufficient under a go‑it‑alone scenario, proposed a preferred "alternative 4" regional solution, and said the full water/wastewater program could total roughly $4–4.5 billion with an estimated $1.1 billion of outside support needed to keep household rate increases moderate.
At a March 2 special meeting, Assistant City Manager Damon Decain introduced a regionalization study briefing from the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority. PTRWA Executive Director Greg Florey and consultant Darren Thomas of Raftelis presented study findings that concluded existing local agreements and infrastructure are insufficient to meet projected demand and regulatory requirements across Guilford and Randolph counties.
Florey told council members PTRWA was chartered in 1986 as a wholesale water provider and that the authority is pursuing an "enhanced regionalization and master planning effort" to address growth in the Carolina Core and large development sites. "If we just maintain the status quo, what's gonna happen? Capacity constraints and development impacts," Florey said, warning that under a go‑it‑alone scenario…
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