The purpose of this Golden LEAF grant is to assist the local governments of Surry County, Elkin, Dobson, Mt. Airy, and Pilot Mountain explore potential partnership models for local water systems. The University will develop three to four partnership models that may be applicable to the situation in Surry County, provide educational sessions to local governing boards to increase understanding of water and wastewater issues, facilitate work sessions of the local governments as they collaborate to address specific issues, develop analyses of financial impacts of different partnership scenarios, and help develop public education programs.
