Onslow water authority outlines multi-hundred-million-dollar capital plan, cites system statistics

A representative of the county’s water-and-sewer authority (referred to in the meeting record as "Anwasa") briefed the Onslow County Board of Commissioners on system capacity and a multi-year capital-improvement plan during the May 4 meeting.

The presenter reported system statistics including metered accounts, miles of water mains and storage capacity: the authority was described as having over 60,000 metered accounts, roughly 1,263 miles of water mains and 264 facilities, with storage in tanks of more than 16 million gallons and roughly 14 million gallons in underground pipes. The presenter also described a capital-improvement plan estimated at over $400 million that includes a force main project on Highway 24 between Swansboro and Jacksonville, new wells in Camp Davis Industrial Park, and capacity increases planned for the Dixon Water Treatment Plant.

The meeting record includes a pumping-volume figure that appears garbled in the transcript; the authority’s summary in the record reads as a corrupted numeric string. The article therefore reports the authority’s key capacity figures and the stated CIP total ($400 million+), and flags the pumping-volume figure in the public record as unclear.

Board members acknowledged the presentation and thanked the authority for planning ahead to meet growth in the county.