Capital Improvement Program (continued)

Current Year Highlights (continued)

Significant collection system projects currently underway or completed over the past year are the ToxawayStreet,AuroraDrive,BentTreeRoad,CaledoniaRoad,LeAnHurstRoad,CIPPLiningContractNo. 9,andChristianCreekInterceptor.Combinedwithin-houserehabilitationprojects,thetotalrehabilitated footageas ofApril 2023is approximately 20,693LF.

Major projects for FY2024include:

Design of thenew Carrier Bridge Pump Station (the District’s largest) 90% complete and the District is in the permitting process. Carrier Bridge is a regional pump station which serves large areas of Buncombe County and Northern Henderson County. This significant $65 million project will replace an aging pump station firstconstructedin the1960’s and upgradedmultipletimesovertheyears.

 WastewaterTreatmentPlantCapitalimprovement:

 PlantHeadworksProject:This$9.6millionprojectconsistsofanewgritremovalsystemtoreplace the existing problematic system, a fine screening facility which supplements the WRF’s existing bar screens, and storage at the Plant using existing decommissioned tanks to provide more effective treatment during peak flow events. In addition, by removing more grit than the previous process, it will help to better protect downstream processes within the plant and will significantly improve the plant’s treatmentprocess. Theproject wascompletedin FY2019.