County Buys Carolina Water

by Elizabeth Lindemann Wed 20 Jul 2011, 7:45 pm

Wondering if the Corolla residents (which as an fyi recent state town/city comparisons say there are 951 'residents' in Corolla) need to pay attention to the news article from the Advace provided to the CCA key here is needing 5.5 million to meet peak demand during summer tourist season- i do hope the county and with our input will not put this burden on the 'backs of' the 951 residents....and will come up with a revenue plan that has the tourists and those profiting from those tourists as the primary if not only investors.

Currituck County is now the operator of the Corolla Light, Monteray Shores and Currituck Club water systems after closing on the $5 million buyout from Carolina Water Systems on Monday. The county now becomes the only water supplier operating on the Currituck Outer Banks.

With the addition of 1,400 new customers, the county will need to expand its existing reverse-osmosis treatment plant at a cost of $5.5 million to meet peak demand during the summer tourist season, County Manager Dan Scanlon has said. Until then, the county plans to blend water mainly in the summer months from the existing Carolina Water treatment plant. The long-term plan is to abandon the aging plant due because of its poor water quality, he said.

County officials said the buyout should alleviate years of water quality problems from the private supplier.