Event presentations, Water: Is the Bill Coming Due?

How much water do we have to meet growing demand in Wake County? What will the increasing costs be to provide clean drinking water and sewage disposal as infrastructure ages out?

These questions and more are answered in Water: Is the Bill Coming Due?, a public forum that will be aired on Raleigh Television's Network (RTN), starting April 21 at 8 pm. The program will be aired regularly on RTN Channel 11 and on RTN online in the coming weeks as well.

View forum topics and presentations below:

How much water are we using in Wake County? Who uses it? How much water and new infrastructure will we need as we grow?

• Tom Reeder, Director, North Carolina Division of Water Resources

What's being done to plan for future water supply and sewer infrastructure? How much will it cost?

• John Carman, Director, Raleigh Public Utilities

• Leila Goodman, Water Resources Manager, Cary Public Works and Utilities

• Dale Threatt-Taylor, Wake County Soil and Water

Who should pay for water and sewer? Will our water bills go up?

• Jeff Hughes, Director, Environmental Finance Center, UNC School of Government

• Bill Holman, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, Duke University and Co-chair, Raleigh Water Utilities Transition Advisory Taskforce