Water & Sewer

The Research Triangle Region is a water-rich region with substantial excess overall water supply for the foreseeable future. County and municipal governments throughout the Region provide water and sewer services. The metro area currently uses about 80 million gallons of water per day from existing supplies that have a combined safe yield of about 180 million gallons per day. Planned expansions will raise the safe yield to about 250 million gallons by the year 2020, at which time average daily use is expected to increase to 160-170 million gallons per day. Service charges and rates vary by system provider. For more information about water and sewer availability in a particular municipality or county, please call the local economic developer located in the contact list in the "Introduction" section of this data book or contact the North Carolina Utilities Commission.