Nearly 200 public officials and some residents packed the Cumberland Hall Auditorium at Fayetteville Technical Community College on Dec. 4 in the first public hearing on Fuquay-Varina’s request to transfer water from the Cape Fear River basin and return it to the Neuse River basin.
The state Environmental Management Commission, a 15-member appointed committee that oversees departments like water resources within the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, is reviewing the request.
EMC member Kevin Tweedy oversaw Thursday’s public hearing in Fayetteville and will make a recommendation to the full EMC board on whether it should grant Fuquay-Varina’s inter-basin transfer certificate, adopt a modified version of the request or take no action…