News Release: Regional Groundbreaking Secures Future Drinking Water
Holly Springs Town Council Release
Holly Springs Mayor and Town Council Members broke ground today for the expansion of the Sanford Water Filtration Facility. This regional partnership will provide safe, clean drinking water for future residents and businesses in the Town of Holly Springs, City of Sanford, and Town of Fuquay-Varina.
“This water expansion project succeeded because our three communities took a regional approach to solving the future water needs for our communities,” notes Holly Springs Mayor Sean Mayefskie. “We couldn’t be more pleased to embark on this important initiative with the City of Sanford and Town of Fuquay-Varina to secure this important resource,” Mayefskie adds.
The spirit of partnership and cost sharing is extended further with the Towns of Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs jointly funding a 14-mile water conveyance pipe to bring the supply of water from the treatment facility in Sanford to the communities of Fuquay-Varina and Holly Springs. “Instead of Holly Springs and Fuquay-Varina each building a separate pipeline, we can share the pipeline at a significant cost savings and reduce our impact on the environment. It’s a win-win for everyone,” states Holly Springs Town Manager Randy Harrington.
Currently, Holly Springs gets drinking water from Harnett County, Cary and Apex. This new partnership will add even more water capacity to meet the needs of Holly Springs for decades to come, even if the Town more than doubles in size.
Each town will pay their portion of the water facility expansion project costs. The total cost of the water treatment facility expansion is $390,677,678. Each municipality’s share of the expansion costs is as follows:
Town of Fuquay-Varina $122,895,197
Town of Holly Springs $81,930,131
City of Sanford $189,112,874
Water filtration facility expansion project construction is scheduled to take place from 2024 to 2028. The Sanford facility expansion benefits include not only significantly increasing water capacity, but also adding Granular Activated Carbon (GAC) technology to the processes. As water flows through the GAC filter, substances known as PFAS are filtered out. The new GAC technology will be used in conjunction with advanced settling and filtration installations that will also increase water quality.
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