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HARRISBURG AREA LAND USE PLAN b. Distribution The Town owns and operates its water distribution system and maintains metered service to all its customers. The system operates, with the sewer system, as an enterprise fund, depending on revenues for operation and maintenance and capital improvements. The system is known to have pressure problems in some areas. It is anticipated that the modeling from the Water / Sewer Master Plan process will identify critical distribution system improvements to be made to address this issue. In addition, improvements to the Concord system are also planned and will provide benefit to the town in addressing some of the pressure issues. The Town has attempted to somewhat address the low-water - pressure issue in new developments by mandating sprinkler systems, although this has been controversial. In some instances, new development has been allowed with wells; however, it is a policy of the City of Concord to withhold availability of sewer service unless water is provided from the city. This is also the policy of WSACC. Private Utility Systems Some development has occurred within the town's corporate boundary and in its extraterritorial jurisdiction on the basis of water and /or sewer being provided by private utility companies having Certificates of Convenience and Necessity for a Franchise issued by the NC Utilities Commission. Currently two private utility companies operate in the planning area: Carolina Water Service, Inc. of NC and AquaAmerica. Expansion of service by these systems is somewhat limited by the capacity of wells and waste treatment plant capacity. Long term, the town may need a policy or strategy pertaining to the existence of private utilities within its service area. Otherwise these areas will create some logistical issues in developing the town's system around, or parallel to, these systems. These systems could logically be purchased by the town at some point in the future if terms could be negotiated and could be integrated into the town's overall water and sewer systems. Significant capital would likely be required and a close assessment of the potential benefits to the town of the consolidation. Public Sanitary Sewer System and Wastewater Treatment a. Collection System As noted above, the town operates and maintains its own sewer collection system, and the system currently only serves customers within its corporate boundaries. All wastewaters are conveyed to the WSACC Regional Rocky River Wastewater Treatment Plant (RRRWWTP). WSACC provides only bulk service to the town and all connections are controlled and served by the town. The history of service extensions has evolved without some critical trunk sewers. The evolution of sewer service and the town's approval of development in the absence of certain trunk sewers have resulted in the utilization of numerous pumping stations. The stations represent significant PART II: EXISTING CONDITIONS AUGUST 010 Attac ment number 1 G -1 Page 340