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Council members warn sewer capacity could limit Stallings development
Summary
Council members told staff a county letter and consultants suggest limited sewer capacity — with an expansion at 12 Mile Creek that may be consumed within a few years — and urged staff to press county management for clearer, long‑range capacity planning before new development proceeds.
Stallings council members pressed county and town staff on June 22 over whether Union County sewer capacity will support anticipated development, saying existing conveyance and treatment limits could constrain projects in the near term.
Union County Economic Development Director Ron Mail summarized a county manager’s letter saying Crooked Creek Basin still has some capacity, Poplin Road pump station has conveyance capacity, and a major expansion is underway at the 12 Mile Creek facility. Mail said he would take council questions back to county management for more detail.
Several council members said the county letter was confusing and unhelpful for developers. One council member said a consultant familiar with regional sewer planning estimated the new 1.5 million‑gallon addition at 12 Mile Creek could be consumed within two to three years given current pent‑up demand. “No sewer. No sewer. What are they going to do? What are we going to do?” the council member said, summarizing frustration that approval and connection timelines are unclear.
Council members and staff noted that conveyance capacity can sometimes be shifted between basins and that Poplin Road provides some movement of flows, but that long lead times for capacity or interjurisdictional arrangements with neighboring systems make planning difficult. Staff emphasized they will forward council concerns and questions to county management and seek clearer timelines and criteria for when the county can confirm available capacity to developers.
What happens next: Council members asked staff to pursue clearer, written guidance from county management about current usable capacity, anticipated timing for 12 Mile Creek expansion delivery, and options for interjurisdictional access or interim conveyance solutions.
