Greenville Utilities Commission(GUC) plans to apply for an interbasin transfer certificate to transfer from the Tar River Basin to the Neuse and Contentnea River Basins. GUC is planning to increase water sales to Farmville, Greene County, and Winterville, all of which currently are supplied by groundwater wells in the Central Coastal Plain Capacity Use Area (CUA). A motivation for the IBT request is that purchasing water from GUC would help the systems to comply with their CUA permits. House Bill 820, ratified by the General Assembly in August 2007, contains a section that says that the newly enacted IBT applies to systems on the Capacity Use Area beginning on January 1, 2011. Therefore, the certification process for GUC will follow the IBT statute that existed prior to the ratification of House Bill 820. The consultant for GUC expects to submit a draft environemtal assessment for the IBT request in late September.

Background Documentation

1. Interbasin Transfer Management Strategy for Greenville Utilities Commission (pdf format) (April 2007)
   



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