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Rural/Urban Usage and Capital Needs <br />soon overtake sewer needs as localities develop new water supplies, bring their systems <br />into compliance with new fedeial regula8ons and institute repait and replacement <br />programs. For the years 20ll to 2030, local governments project they will need $4.8 <br />billion to improve and expand water s}~stems -18 percent more than they anticipate <br />spe~ding on sewer system improvements during that period. <br />Stormwater control presents a major unanswered question for infrastructure planners. <br />The expecience of municipalitles in Phase I of the NPDFS program demonst~ates that <br />collecting and trearing stormwater runoff in ways similar to a sewer system can be <br />extremely expensive. Smaller cities in Phase II are only beginning to grapple with <br />possible approaches and costs. Only 16 percent of stormwate~ systems have even been <br />V (I <br />11 <br />North Carolina Sewer Moratoria and S~cial Orders of Consent <br />December 2005 <br />