infrastructure

Updates to Capacity and Development Fees for FY 2019

Some Charlotte Water Capacity Fees Drop In July At their June 11, 2018 meeting, the Charlotte City Council approved the Fiscal Year 2019 Budget. Along with that budget, the FY…

white and tan gazebo sits at the end of a concrete pier with a panoramic view of a harbor with blue waters and shoreline behind it

Lee Dukes Water Treatment Plant Turns 20

Twenty years ago North Mecklenburg County looked a lot different than it does today. Talk of toll roads and Whole Foods markets were not even on the radar. But Charlotte…

on a transparent background, a grey round medallion in the shape and design of a manhole cover with the words in black font, Sugar Creek at top, and Irwin Creek at bottom. Across it a blue sash that says in cursive black font, 90th Anniversary 1927-2017

Sugar & Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plants Celebrate 90 Years!

Protecting Charlotteans public health and waterways is something to celebrate. Sugar Creek and Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plants do just that and are celebrating their 90th birthdays.

vintage photo of water treatment plants from years ago featuring large 1 story building, several fenced in sediment ponds, and 2 water towers, one tall an cylindrical and the other squat and round

Will We Run Out of water?

The short answer is no, not if we continue on a sustainable path and practice conservation. But what does that actually mean? And how do we know we won’t run out.

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