The grant provided funding to the Town of Tabor City to support resilient improvements to the wastewater treatment plant that was inundated with floodwaters during Hurricane Florence. The floodwaters over-topped the influent pump station located near the entrance to the facility and flooded the chlorine contact basin. The town addressed future flooding at the pump station by replacing the above-ground pumps with submersible type pumps and elevating the electrical panels, pump controls, and access to the panels well above the 100-year flood level. Golden LEAF Disaster Recovery Grant Program funds were used to support increased project costs and resilient improvement of the pump station and other infrastructure at the wastewater treatment plant. Other state grant and loan funds were used to complete the project.
