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Line type information reporting is now based on GIS data that is available. The City has been making improvements to our GIS data on pipe material through recent AIA and Water Model projects. This methodology now represents the most accurate data.

The City of Gastonia is preparing to implement an AMI program that will replace all water meters in the system. Meter replacements were ceased in 2023 in anticipation of the AMI project.

We continue to utilize our valve operation program that began in 2016. We have located and verified the operation of 11,287 valves through the end of 2023. Valves are GPS located and the data is mapped to our GIS system. The valve crew also has leak detection equipment available to help locate unseen leaks. Water Treatment Plant staff flow hydrants as needed for water quality. The fire department performs static pressure tests on hydrants throughout the year and reports any operational issues to our Utilities Maintenance Division for repairs. We are currently working on a funded project to implement an AMI system. As a part of the project all existing water meters are to be replaced by the end of 2026 with AMI capable water meters.

We have emergency water connections with the City of Belmont, the City of Bessemer City, and the Town of Dallas. Their system capacities and hydraulic gradient do not allow them to provide adequate supply to our system.

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Non-metered connections are for permitted hydrant usage for filling pools or water for construction sites that are billed through miscellaneous invoice. The Residential Non-metered connections consisted of (6) pool connections over (6) total days. The MGD represents the volume (316,000 gal.) over (365) days not (6) days to report in terms of MGD.

System Process Water includes 5.4895 MGD water to Rankin Lake for water quality. Some of the raw water pumped from Mountain Island Lake into Rankin Lake which is our raw water reservoir is used to maintain water levels and water quality. There is no other water supply to Rankin Lake. The remainder of the raw water is sent to the WTP for treatment.

Regarding the high amount of unaccounted-for water (22.79% of total supply) -- we continue to work to increase the accuracy of our internal reporting of filling and flushing new water lines and flushing for water quality. The valve operation crew continues to locate and verify the operation of the valves in our system as mentioned in Sections 1 and 5 of the report. Verification of the location and operation of our valves will reduce the response time and shut down of water lines when we have main breaks. We will continue to use our leak detection equipment to find and repair underground leaks. We are converting to an AMI system over the next 3 years.

Bessemer City was billed over 6 periods in 2023 accounting for 184 days. The reported MGD was for the 184 days not 365. Contracted max sales is 1.7000 MGD.

Two Rivers confirmed a contracted sales limit of 1.067 MGD to Lowell, and Avg. Day sales of 0.3898 MGD to Bessemer City.

Existing sub-basin transfer between the South Fork Catawba and Catawba River will continue.

No purchases in 2023

Land Application Permits - WQ0001793 applied 1,938 dry tons over 184 days in NC. ND0084883 applied 198 dry tons over 52 days in SC. There was no discharge to surface waters from NC0040070 in 2023. The wastewater from this facility was discharged to Long Creek WWTP for treatment and discharge. The Maximum Daily Discharge of 0.4038 MGD was calculated by averaging the highest monthly discharge. The max discharge data is collected by month and not daily. The maximum monthly discharge of 12.923 MG was divided by 30 days to get 0.4038 MGD.

There are 2 permitted sewer connections with Bessemer City with separate contracts: Oates Rd with a contract maximum of 1 MGD and Abernethy Creek with a contract maximum of 0.6803 MGD. Two Rivers confirmed receiving an average of 0.3495 MGD and 0.3898 MGD of WW from Bessemer (Oates Rd) and Bessemer (Abernethy Creek), respectively, in 2023.

We have entered into an Sewer Connection agreement with Dallas. Flow began in 2023 and is reflected for the first time in the 2023 LWSP update. The maximum AD is 0.6000 MGD.

We also separately serve a small section of Dallas called Spencer Mountain Village and Long Creek Apartments. Those areas have been combined. Previous LWSP updates only reported the Spencer Mountain Village flow.

Kings Mountain has 2 metering points with very low flows that have been combined.

Stanley has 2 metering points that have been combined.

Two Rivers confirmed receiving an average of 0.0267 MGD of WW from High Shoals in 2023.

A 1.0% yearly increase (compounded annually) in water use projections is based on the projected 1.0% annual population growth in Gaston County, City of Gastonia, and Cramerton.