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Local governments across North Carolina are set to receive more than $200 million in loan money to repair and renovate drinking water and wastewater facilities, Gov. Josh Stein’s office announced Wednesday.
The awards will fund 48 projects across 27 counties. They’ll seek to improve infrastructure, address PFAS and forever chemicals lingering in that infrastructure, replace lead pipes and improve resilience during storms.
Reid Wilson, the secretary of the Department of Environmental Quality, said in a news release Wednesday that “this funding will address aging infrastructure and improve public health for communities large and small.”
State officials received 133 total applications, requesting a total of $1.57 billion. The money comes from the state’s revolving funds, which are low-interest loans that may be partially forgiven. They’re funded by a combination of federal grants and cycling loan repayments.
Among the largest awardees are:
$35 million for the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, to replace a wastewater treatment plant. $20.5 million for the Fayetteville Public Works Commission, for the P.O. Hoffer/Glenville Lake Water Treatment Plant. $13.7 million to the city of Lexington for the regional wastewater plant’s solids handling improvements project.Another round of funding for water infrastructure projects begins later this month. Applications are due by the end of September.
And DEQ is also accepting applications — on a rolling basis — for infrastructure resilience in Hurricane Helene-impacted counties. Those projects will be funded by supplemental federal money from the federal farm bill.
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