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• Lake Don T. Howell Reservoir • Black Run Reservoir • Lake Concord Reservoir The City of Concord has two water treatment plants which draw water from three surface reservoirs. The Coddle Creek Water Treatment Plant draws water from Lake. Don. T. Howell. The Hillgrove Water Treatment Plant draws water from lakes Concord,. Fisher and Don T. Howell. Concord also purchases water from the City of Kannapglis: Kannapolis draws its water primarily from Kannapolis Lake, but also from Second Creels / Back Greek and Lake Don T. Howell Meeting future water capacity needs in Cabarrus County aze affected by the limitations of the: interbasin transfer, which involves taking water from the Catawba River and returning treated water to the Yadkin-Pee Dee River. The current lack of water service in the Central Area is the most limiting factor in terms of development. Much of the residential development within the study area is served by individual wells, which have. to be deep to generate a sufficient supply. Even with service available and the possibility of future line extensions, the county cannot support new industries that aze heavy users of water. Sewer service is provided by both the cities of Concord and Kannapolis. Concord operates more than 496 miles of wastewater lines. Likewise, Kannapols operates and maintains more than 2 to miles of wastewater lines. Both Coneard and Kannapotis systems tie into the WSACC wastewater system. .Sruranvnrer One of Cabatnts County and the study area's most pressing uti ity infrastructure issues is tormwater. Unlike the cities, the county does not have a stormwater program in place that exceeds the state's requirements for stormwater management. There: is currently no county funding to better manage stormwater, other than simply reviewing ire plans, so the county would have to implement acounty-wide stormwater utility fee or ome other funding mechanism. 2.8 Other Commul7ity l=acilities and Services Parks ar-d Hecrerrtiar Population growth is driving the need for more parks and recreation facilities in Cabatrus County, including the study area. The county has identified a need for a regional park facility east of I-85 at Flowe Store Road on county-owned land. Phase one of this facility, which will be located on 30 acres, will have'ball fields; phase two will contain passive recreational features. (See Figure 9, Community Facilities Map.) Passive parks, including the Incubator Farm, will supplement other parks and recreational facilities in the area. The farm will be located of the center of a property that wilt: have trails, educational stations; bird watching areas and lazger riparian buffers along its creek to encourage more wildlife around the farm. The county hopes the demonstr8tion farm can be a model in North Carolina,. used as an educational. tool with: displays on catching and retaining water for use,. irrigation and how particular crops draw bees for pollination, for example. The state's Department of Agriculture is currently considering a $3.6 million grant request from the county to fund the Incubator Farm.The farm will raise only crops, not animals, and it will also have limited playground equipment and picnic