Fayetteville receives $1 million federal grant to help fund industrial sewer extensions

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August 23, 2002

Fayetteville receives $1 million federal grant to help fund industrial sewer extensions
The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) awarded the city of Fayetteville a $1 million grant to help fund sewer services for several existing industries located along North Carolina Highway 53.

In an on-going effort since last November, the City of Fayetteville, the Fayetteville Public Works Commission, and Cumberland County have sought ways to provide affordable sanitary sewer services for DAK Resins, LLC; DuPont Teigin Films U.S. Limited Partnership; and Cedar Creek Fibers, formerly Wellman.

The plants now get water and sanitary sewer services from nearby Monsanto, which ceased operations earlier this year; however, contractual agreements provide that Monsanto continue to supply water and sewer services to the plants for an extended period.

Fayetteville, PWC, and the County will use the $1 million federal grant and matching funds to construct a $2.3 million sanitary sewer project. The project will include a 1.5 million gallon per day lift station that will transfer the industries’ waste and process water back to the existing PWC East Fayetteville lift station located within the new Cedar Creek Business Center. Another part of the project is a 12-inch force main along Cedar Creek Road that will discharge the waste into an 18-inch gravity sewer main scheduled for construction through Cumberland County’s new Business Center.

The city of Fayetteville serves as the grant applicant, and the city and PWC will own the utility infrastructure once complete. The grant was submitted through the Southeastern Economic Development Corporation in Elizabethtown.

Along with the $1 million federal grant, Cumberland County will provide $730,000 in matching funds for the gravity main through the Business Center. The industries will contribute an additional $300,000 toward the sewer project. The remaining $300,000 will be shared equally by Cumberland County and PWC.

The county’s funding sources include $730,000 from the county’s Economic Development Inducement Fund and $150,000 from the county’s Water & Sewer Fund.

The plants will also pay for required pretreatment facilities and for rerouting existing water and sewer infrastructure within their existing facilities. Monsanto currently owns and operates its own wastewater treatment plant that discharges directly into the Cape Fear River. Monsanto receives its water via a 24-inch PWC water main and provides potable water, de-mineralized water, chilled water, cooling water, and water for firefighting emergencies to the three industries.

Along with the effort of supporting existing industries and saving local jobs, the project will provide the PWC with additional sanitary sewer customers having an estimated average daily flow of 250,000 gallons. The plants’ combined utility needs would rank in PWC’s list of the top five largest water and sewer users.

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