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At a glance <br />^'Che Water 2030 survey iclentified 535 public water systems statewide. <br />^ Nearly three-quacters of these systems are owned Tnd operated by incorpor~ted <br />municipalities. <br />Ownership of North Carolina Public Water Systems <br />Municip~ <br />71% <br />Districts <br />/ 4°k <br />County <br />16% <br />^ Public water systems provide water to 5.8 millio~~ people, or 67 percent of the <br />state's 2005 populatio~i. <br />^'l'he number of people served by these systerns is expected to grow by 2J <br />percent annually, at least through 2010. 'Chis is greater than the overall rate <br />of population growth statewide~ (1.5 percent). At this c~te of grorvth, the state's <br />water systems will seive 9.8 million people by 2030, 70 percent more than <br />today. <br />^ I'ublic water systems dispense more than 244.5 billion gallons of water a ye~r. <br />^ Residential use accounts for 46 percent and commercial use, 31 percent, of water <br />puxchased from public utiliries. <br />^ More than I~aIE of all systems bill at a unifonn rate, that is, the price is the same <br />for each unit of watec. <br />^'fhe median monthly water bil] was $21.08 for households within the jurisdic- <br />rional boundary of a service provider (city limits in most cases) and $35.50 fot <br />households outside. the Uound~ries. 7'his is based on fi,IX)0 gallons of <br />consumptlon. <br />^ Systems statewide lose l l percent of treated water annually to leaks and <br />other means not "accounted for.° This amounts to 35 billion gallons of treated <br />water each year, enough to supply the entire Chadotte-Mecklenburg region for <br />a full year. <br />6 G-~~ <br />Authorfty Association "" "'"'. ~ % <br />1% 7% <br />