Steve Mensing, Editor
♦ Last night I watched our video of Monday’s Rowan County Commission meeting and paid special attention to the segment entitled: “Presentation of the Water-Sewer Study”. It was heartening to see the commissioners approve a potentially major economic development machine when they started a county-owned water and sewer system.
Go here to find the last night’s video and click on “Presentation of the Water-Sewer Study”:
This county government video covers what happened last night and shows the process by which the Commissioner unanimously agreed to start a county-owned water and sewer system.
The commissioners appointed county commissioner Craig Pierce, an outspoken supporter of a county-owned water and sewer system and Commission Chairman Greg Edds to oversee the much needed water and sewer economic development tool.
$60 million dollars is the estimated cost of the complete water and sewer system. However, the commissioners plan on taking much smaller strides at the outset by building out a smaller $3 million dollar system of water lines, targeting primarily economic development in Dukeville and Bostian Heights instead of residential customers. Sewer lines would only be constructed after the County contracted an industrial prospect to construct a facility along Long Ferry Road where Duke Energy owns “Carlton Property”.
Last night an engineering company McGill Associates presented a detailed water and sewer study begun almost 12 months ago. Pierce and Edds mentioned that Salisbury-Rowan Utilities might partner for certain services like water treatment, but the money generated from customers would stay with the Rowan Government. More specific details can be found in the video.
