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Cary/Apex Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project Construction work at the water treatment plant and raw water pump station sites is ongoing. In December, the raw water intake screens in Jordan Lake were replaced (pictured). The contractor continues to make progress on major site activities such as construction of the new pre-ozone contactor building (pictured.) Interbasin Transfer (IBT) Jordan Lake Allocation The Towns of Cary, Apex, and Morrisville, and Wake County notified the NC Environmental Management Commission (EMC) in late 2013 of our intent to seek a modification to our IBT. In December 2014, NCDENR published the Environmental Assessment and a Finding of No Significant Impact. The first public hearing was January 7th in Apex, which is followed by another hearing in Fayetteville on January 22nd. The modifications requested will align the certificate with changes to the IBT law from 2013, as well as increase the limit to meet water resource management needs through 2045. Cary and Apex, along with other applicants, submitted our Round 4 Jordan Lake Allocation Application to NCDENR in November 2014. Under the preferred alternative, all water suppliers upstream and downstream of Jordan Lake are able to meet projected needs through 2060. NCDENR expects to make recommendations regarding the allocations to the EMC Water Allocation Committee at their March meeting. In December a revamped sustainability webpage was launched. The page serves as an intuitive "jumping off point" for all sustainability- related information across the Town. The Electric Vehicle Charging Station Pilot ended and on November 20th. Council approved two additional years of free public charging at the three electric vehicle charging locations on Town property. Sustainability initiatives occur across the Town in many departments; we have a new symbol to help highlight sustainable projects and metrics across this quarterly report to Council. Sustainability Beat the Peak The campaign saw a 200% increase from past years, with 146 customers requesting an irrigation performance checkup in 2014.