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Southern Pines adopts $XX million water and sewer asset‑management plan and 10‑year CIP
Summary
The Town Council adopted an asset inventory and assessment (AIA) water and sewer plan and a 10‑year capital improvement program outlining priority rehabilitation work, a recommended five‑year storm level of service, and annual funding targets. Staff noted the town won a $5 million state infrastructure award that will help execute the plan.
Southern Pines’ Town Council on Feb. 24 voted to adopt a completed asset inventory and assessment and its companion 10‑year capital improvement plan for the town’s water and wastewater systems.
The plan, prepared by Withers Ravenell, updates the town’s GIS and hydraulic models, ranks assets by risk and consequence of failure, and recommends a prioritized rehabilitation program. “The system is in really good shape,” said Eddie Staley of Withers Ravenell, while stressing the need to address high‑consequence locations and ensure capacity as growth continues.
Engineers recommended the town manage capacity to a five‑year design storm as a standard of care and target annual rehabilitation budgets of roughly $400,000–$500,000 for sewer and $160,000–$175,000 for water distribution work. The consultant and town staff emphasized monitoring, mobile flow meters, valve exercising and targeted intervention as lower‑cost ways to reduce inflow and infiltration before larger capital work.
Councilors asked detailed questions about a time‑sensitive relocation: the sewer line that was installed across the Longleaf Dam is now in a temporary, exposed condition following storm damage. Staff said the town is meeting weekly with FEMA to pursue recovery funding to pay for a permanent relocation.
The presentation also noted external funding progress: staff reported a successful state award through the water infrastructure program (SUIA) that will provide approximately $5 million toward rehabilitation and replacement projects identified in the plan.
Council voted unanimously to adopt the asset management plan and CIP so staff can finalize the project record with the state and begin implementing priority projects and grant applications.
