Water infrastructure resilience
Business and policy agendas in North Carolina call for updating and expanding water infrastructure for long-term resilience, including regionalization of systems, interbasin transfer reforms, and changes to water governance as growth and sustainability pressures mount.
How should North Carolina update its water infrastructure and governance?
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Sources
NC Chamber — https://ncchamber.com/legislative-agenda
Support efforts to update and expand North Carolina’s water infrastructure for long-term resilience and sustainability, including regionalization of water systems, interbasin transfer process reforms, and water governance.
Positions on this issue · liberal → conservative
- Major public funding and strong state mandates for equitable, climate-resilient water systems
- State-led regionalization and investment with environmental and community safeguards
- Targeted upgrades and governance tweaks through public-private collaboration
- Streamline regulation and regional projects primarily to support growth and efficiency
- Limit state water mandates and leave infrastructure mostly to local utilities and markets