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33485
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This article presents two views of the water market. Kenneth D. Frederick, director of Resources for the Future’s Renewable Resources Division, discusses an economic approach establishing water rights that can be sold and remove restrictions on how and where water can be used. David Moreau, director of the University of North Carolina Water Resources Research Institute, discusses how the water market in North Carolina and other eastern states differs from the west.
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Water Resources Research Institute News
(NoCar HD 1694 N8 N48x), Vol. Issue 243, Apr/May 1987,
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7448
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Water and sewer revenues keep the state's utilities in business by covering the costs of daily expenses and providing funds for long-term system planning. Hughes examines fundamental principles behind water and sewer revenues and looks at high-priority decisions that water and sewer boards face. For example, in 2002, the approximately 500 government-owned water and sewer enterprises collected from their customers over $1.4 billion. Combined company assets were about $7.8 billion. However, over the next twenty years North Carolina will need over $11 billion in investments to meets infrastructure needs for water and sewer.
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4850
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A good water supply is important to the growth and well-being of North Carolina. In a fifteen county area in the central coastal plain, which includes the fast-growing counties of Pitt, Lenoir, Craven and Onslow, the water supply is becoming critical. Smith describes ways a number of communities are dealing with the water supply issue and what plans the state has.
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4049
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Believing it is better to spend a little money now than a great deal later, the General Assembly created the Clean Water Trust Management Fund in 1996. It is independently run and funded yearly; it grants monies to local governments and nonprofit conservation groups that seek to protect the state's water resources. To date, $92.5 million has been given out. A list of projects funded is included.
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425
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The zebra mussel from Europe is poised to threaten water supplies throughout the United States, including the waters of North Carolina.
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Wildlife in North Carolina
(NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 56 Issue 6, June 1992,
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