The system is divided into five different pressure zones to ensure that the pressure of the water delivered to our customers stays within acceptable ranges. There are over 1,000 miles of pipe in the system, with over 6,000 fire hydrants serving more than 45,000 customers. The existing County water main network contains pipes ranging in size from two inches to 42 inches in diameter. The new program will meet the 2050 water supply needs of eastern Union County without having to transfer additional water from the Catawba River to the Yadkin River Basin. This new Yadkin River Water Supply program is a 7 to 10-year effort to permit, design and construct a new intake, a raw water pipeline and a new water treatment plant in Union County. Seventy-five percent of the County’s land area is within the Yadkin River Basin, but only 20% of our current water supply comes from the Yadkin River through our purchase agreement with Anson County. In May 2013, Union County entered into an agreement with the Town of Norwood in Stanly County to develop the Yadkin Regional Water Supply, a new water intake off of Lake Tillery as part of Union County’s effort to bring a new water source from the Yadkin River to Union County. The initial term of the agreement expired in January 2014 and was renewed for a five-year term until 2019. The Anson County water system began providing water to Union County in January 1994 to meet needs to service unincorporated areas of eastern Union County and the Town of Wingate. In 1992, Union and Anson Counties entered into a 20-year agreement for Anson County to provide 4 MGD of water to Union County. CRWTP business is governed by a board made up of two Union County Commissioners, two Lancaster County Commissioners, the UCPW Director and CRWTP Manager. The permitting and design process to expand the capacity of the CRWTP from 36 MGD to 45 MGD to accommodate the expected growth in the County’s water system is currently underway. This lease was recently extended until January 2019. In January 2012, Union County entered into a five-year interim temporary transfer agreement with the LCW&SD to transfer 3 MGD of capacity from the District to Union County, increasing capacity to 21 MGD until 2017. Each partner is entitled to 50% of the plant capacity (18 MGD), and each has rights to future expansions up to the total permitted capacity of 100 MGD. The Catawba River Water Treatment Plant (CRWTP), constructed under this agreement, had an initial capacity of 18 MGD at startup in April 1993 and was expanded in 2004 to its current capacity of 36 MGD. In 1991, Union County and the Lancaster County (South Carolina) Water and Sewer District entered into an agreement to develop a new water treatment plant on the Catawba River to meet both entities’ long-term water supply needs. Union County currently has a total of 25 million gallons per day (MGD) water supply capacity. Union County also has a purchase water agreement with Anson County, NC to purchase up to four million gallons daily. Currently, 80% of our water needs are met through this facility. Union County jointly owns and operates the Catawba River Water Treatment Plant with the Lancaster County Water and Sewer District (LCW&SD) in Lancaster, SC. The primary source of water for Union County is the Catawba River. UCW also provides wholesale water supply to the Town of Wingate and has a water sales agreement with the City of Monroe to sell up to 2 million gallons per day to the City as part of their long-term water supply strategy. UCW currently meets the water and wastewater needs of more than one half of Union County’s population (by 2010 census estimate). Union County Water (UCW) operates and maintains a regional water utility system that provides retail water and wastewater service to over 45,000 water customers and 33,000 sewer customers located throughout unincorporated Union County and 13 of the 15 municipalities within the County. In the event of a sewer backup, sewer overflow, or another utility-related emergency, immediately call 70.
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