Newberry, South Carolina

NEWBERRY , SOUTH CAROL INA North America. They use about a million gallons per day so, in the event we experience a line break or interruptions in our system, they would have clean water to process turkey and stay in production. Otherwise it would be very costly to Kraft Heinz’s bottom line.” The cost of the water tank is around $2.65 million, with $500,000 funded from the South Carolina Rural Infrastructure Authority, and about $1 million from Santee Cooper (South Carolina’s state- owned electric and water utility). The city is taking care of the remainder. This water tank doesn’t just benefit one industry – it will allow Newberry to turn the pressure down on its system as a whole, because it’s currently pumping hard all day long to get Kraft a million gallons of water, daily. Reduced pressure on the system will help the city from a cost perspective on the maintenance side. “This savings can then be turned around and used to further other economic development initiatives of the city,” notes DeWitt. Newberry’s population has hovered between 10,000 and 12,000 for the last 50 years and currently numbers around 10,300. DeWitt notes, “Young families looking to be active and engaged in the community are attracted to recreational opportunities, so we are developing a $6.4 million recreation complex – $4.6 million of that cost comes from a capital project sales tax that’s generated locally; the rest will be picked up by the city. The facility will house pictured above City Manager, Matt DeWitt