From the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) STAG Water & Wastewater Infrastructure Project Account, which will go to the Cities of Concord, Kannapolis, and Albemarle, North Carolina. Funding for this project will be used to construct an 87,500 feet water line running from Albemarle to Concord. Albemarle’s water treatment plant has an excess of raw water, while Concord and Kannapolis are struggling to meet water demands. In fact, these two cities’ combined water demand will exceed 30 million gallons per day in the next 20 years. This project is also needed to attract new job growth to the area which lost thousands of jobs in the textile, tobacco, and apparel industries. It is well known that adequate water infrastructure must be in place to attract and support new business. It is imperative that the cities put the necessary infrastructure in place to not only support its residents and businesses, but also to attract new industry and jobs to the area.