Business View Magazine | September 2020

253 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 2020 “We just put it out to bid and we’ll be spending about $6 million to renovate that plant to be able to get to 1.2 million gallons per day, which will, essentially, double its capacity. And we just issued another RFQ to take that plant from 1.2 million gallons to 2.5 million gallons, because we know that by the time we get done with the 1.2 million-gallon renovation – hopefully by this time next year, or in the fall of 2021 – the way the housing growth and commercial growth is occurring in the western part of the county, we’re going to be very close to maxing out the capacity of that 1.2 million gallons. Obviously, sewer is a big deal from a development perspective because you can’t have the dense growth and the commercial growth without sewer. So, that sewer project is our number one project at this point. We’ve got some other water and sewer projects that we’re working on; we’ve got a water distribution project that we’re putting together that will likely be somewhere in the neighborhood of 20-25 miles of water line pfeiffer.edu/pa Pfeiffer University has been preparing students to become servant leaders in Stanly County, North Carolina and the world for over 130 years. Take your education Beyond Boundaries and become part of the Pfeiffer family. Apply now at pfeiffer.edu/apply CONNECTWITH US BUILDINGFORTHEFUTURE NEW CENTER FOR HEALTH SCIENCES OPENING 2020 IN ALBEMARLE, NC STANLY COUNTY , NORTH CAROL INA