GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

SESSION 1989

S	1 

SENATE BILL 441

Short Title:  Johnston Water Funds.	(Public)
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Sponsors: Senator Daughtry.
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Referred to:  Appropriations.
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March 15, 1989

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT TO APPROPRIATE FUNDS FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FOR FOUR OAKS TO BENSON WATER FACILITIES.
Whereas, all towns within Johnston County with the exception of the Town of Benson are interconnected to a central water supply system with the Neuse River as supply source, and
Whereas, an eight-mile water main and elevated storage tank will facilitate the interconnection of the Town of Benson to the Town of Four Oaks and in turn the Johnston County water supply system, and
Whereas, situated between the Town of Four Oaks and Benson is South Johnston High School with an enrollment of approximately 1,250, and
Whereas, the deepwell water system serving South Johnston High School is inadequate from the standpoint of quantity and potential quality and reliability, and
Whereas, the South Johnston High School is served by a single well of insufficient quantity, and is the fourth well to have served the school with the other wells having been abandoned due to bacteriological contamination over time; and due to insufficient quantity, sufficient water supply is not available for culinary purposes; and fire protection is not available, and
Whereas, the Town of Benson is supplied water from the Cape Fear River from a transmission system from the City of Dunn in Harnett County, and
Whereas, the contractual water supply allocation from the City of Dunn in Harnett County to Benson is being approached in daily usage by the Town of Benson, and Benson must find an alternate source of supply, and
Whereas, the Johnston County water system with the Neuse River as supply source currently serves all or a portion of the supply needs of the Towns of Smithfield, Selma, Pine Level, Four Oaks, Princeton, Kenly, Clayton, as well as West Smithfield Sanitary District, constituting a population of approximately 30,000, and
Whereas, the Neuse River has been contaminated in the past for short periods due to accidental discharges of substances into the river upstream, the potential for such accidental discharges increases annually due to upstream urbanization and industrial growth, and no current backup supply source exists for the Johnston County system, and
Whereas, the interconnecting pipeline link between the Town of Four Oaks and Benson would facilitate supply of water from the Cape Fear River to the Johnston County water system, and
Whereas, Johnston County does not presently have sufficient funds on hand nor does it anticipate having financial resources within the near future to construct the Four Oaks to Benson water facilities; Now, therefore,
The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:
Section 1.  There is appropriated from the General Fund to the Johnston County Board of Commissioners for fiscal year 1989-90 the sum of two million one hundred thousand dollars ($2,100,000) for a water line between the Town of Four Oaks and the Town of Benson to serve South Johnston High School.
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective July 1, 1989.