Good morning. Officials in the Fayetteville area don’t want the Town of Fuquay-Varina to pull up to 6.17 million gallons of water a day from the Cape Fear River Basin.
Fuquay-Varina in southern Wake County is asking the state Department of Environmental Quality for permission to increase its interbasin transfer—a transfer of water from one river basin to another—because the fast-growing town anticipates it will need more water as soon as 2030. The town currently pulls 2 million gallons per day from the Cape Fear River Basin. Under state law, the DEQ must approve interbasin transfers.
“A transfer from the Cape Fear River Basin of this magnitude could have several effects downstream, to include increased pollutant concentrations in the river, and decreased water availability in the Cape Fear River Basin,” one county staff manager said.
The state plans to hold a public hearing on Fuquay-Varina’s request on December 4 on Fayetteville Technical Community College’s campus. Read our lead story for more.
Welcome to CityView Today. All four newly elected Hope Mills commissioners attended Monday’s board meeting in Town Hall, though not yet in their official capacity. It was a relatively light business agenda for the current board—rezonings, budget amendments, and town project updates. More below. Plus, the World’s Largest Spaghetti Dinner is scheduled today from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Saints Constantine and Helen Greek Orthodox Church. The iconic Fayetteville pasta extravaganza is in its 66th year; Senior Columnist Bill Kirby Jr. takes us behind the scenes of the labor of love involved below.
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Maydha Devarajan
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Fayetteville-Area Leaders Say ‘No Way!’ to Triangle Town’s Desire to Take Cape Fear River Water
Fuquay-Varina wants to pull 6.17 million gallons a day from the river upstream of Cumberland County
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WWII ART LECTURE
- Where: Campbell House, 482 E. Connecticut Ave., Southern Pines
- When: 10 a.m. today
- What: Join us at the Arts Council Galleries at Campbell House for “The Greatest Generation at Home: What the Monuments Men Accomplished after WWII,” a lecture presented by Abby Allen.
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- Where: Throckmorton Library, 3346 R. Miller St., Fayetteville
- When: 3:15 p.m. today
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- Where: Cape Fear Botanical Garden, 536 N. Eastern Blvd., Fayetteville
- When: 5-7:30 p.m. today
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Raymunda Cristostoma
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Until tomorrow!
🚢 Fred Surgeon, president and CEO of Surgeon & Associates, has been appointed to the North Carolina Ports Authority Board of Directors by Gov. Josh Stein. The Ports Authority is an agency of the state’s Department of Transportation, working to promote and operate North Carolina’s harbors and seaports. Surgeon, whose term ends in 2031, is also the co-owner of Sweet Valley Ranch, a 300-acre farm in Fayetteville that we recently featured in the “Fall in Fayetteville” CityView Magazine!
~ Maydha
