WILMINGTON, NC (WWAY)–“Don’t take the water and put it someplace else. Take it, use it, and use it for growth, but put it back that’s what all we are saying,” said New Hanover County Commissioner Rob Zapple, as he is just one of many people who disapprove of the request from the town of Fuquay Varina, to take water out of the Cape Fear river into the Neuse river.
During a meeting held Saturday morning, Cape Fear Public Utility Authority, and Cape Fear River Watch, kicked off the new year by holding a seminar to address the Interbase Transfer Certificate application from the town of Fuquay Varina.
Located around 15 miles south of Raleigh, Fuquay Varina applied for the certificate several years ago to address their water needs…