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Yadkin Regional Water Supply Project

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Completed or operational

Verified Project Information

Summary

Union County and the Town of Norwood developed a regional drinking-water system that draws from Lake Tillery, treats water at a new Union County plant, and distributes treated water through the County's Yadkin River Basin service area.

Current stage: Completed or operational.

Key Facts

Estimated Cost

$300.00 million

as of 2023-09-22

Latest Progress

2024-02-13: Union County Water reported that water from the Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant first entered the customer distribution system on February 13, 2024, confirming operational use of the completed system.

Project Leaders

Town of Norwood
Project sponsor

Union County
Project owner, Project sponsor

Project Funding

Funding type: Public · Status: Allocated

Other funding contributors: Union County, Town of Norwood

Timeline

  1. Yadkin water enters distribution system

    Union County Water reported that water from the Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant first entered the customer distribution system on February 13, 2024, confirming operational use of the completed system.

    Stage after event: Completed or operational

  2. Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant completed

    Union County held the completion and ribbon-cutting event for the treatment plant, describing the broader Yadkin Regional Water Supply Project as complete after nearly two decades of planning, permitting, design, and construction.

    Stage after event: Completed or operational

  3. Lake Tillery intake facility opens

    Union County and Norwood celebrated the opening of the intake facility and pump station at Lake Tillery, a major raw-water component of the regional supply project.

    Stage after event: Under construction

  4. Water treatment plant construction begins

    Union County announced the groundbreaking for the new Yadkin River Water Treatment Plant, part of the regional system being developed with Norwood. The plant was designed for an initial treatment capability of 12 million gallons per day.

    Stage after event: Under construction

  5. Interbasin transfer and project facilities documented

    The State environmental record documents the proposed Lake Tillery intake and pump station, raw-water pipeline, Union County treatment plant, and finished-water delivery system, along with the project's interbasin-transfer framework.

    Stage after event: Preliminary design or environmental review

  6. County and Norwood establish regional partnership

    Union County and the Town of Norwood developed an interlocal intake and transmission partnership to secure a long-term Yadkin River Basin water supply for Union County's service area and Norwood.

    Stage after event: Planning or feasibility

Geography

Project site / location

No site geography relationship is published.

Affected / impact geography

  • Union County, NC

Map

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