{"data":{"id":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-32","jurisdiction":"us-nc","citation":"N.C. Gen. Stat. § 159G-32","heading":"Projects eligible for loan or grant.","body":"(a)\tCWSRF and DWSRF. - Federal law determines whether a project is eligible for a loan or grant from the CWSRF and the DWSRF. A project must meet the eligibility requirements set under federal law.\n(b)\tWastewater Reserve. - The Department is authorized to make loans and grants from the Wastewater Reserve for the following types of projects:\n(1)\tWastewater collection system.\n(2)\tWastewater treatment works.\n(3)\tStormwater quality projects, including innovative stormwater management projects and pilot projects.\n(4)\tNonpoint source pollution project.\n(c)\tDrinking Water Reserve. - The Department is authorized to make loans and grants from the Drinking Water Reserve for public water system projects.\n(d)\tViable Utility Reserve. - The Department is authorized to make grants from the Viable Utility Reserve to do any of the following:\n(1)\tProvide physical interconnection and extension of public water or wastewater infrastructure to provide regional service.\n(2)\tRehabilitate existing public water or wastewater infrastructure.\n(3)\tDecentralize an existing public water system or wastewater system into smaller viable parts.\n(4)\tFund a study of any one or more of the following:\na.\tRates.\nb.\tAsset inventory and assessment.\nc.\tMerger and regionalization options.\n(5)\tFund other options deemed feasible which result in local government units generating sufficient revenues to adequately fund management and operations, personnel, appropriate levels of maintenance, and reinvestment that facilitate the provision of reliable water or wastewater services.\n(6)\tProvide emergency grants for operating deficits in accordance with G.S. 159G-34.5(a)(4). (2005-454, s. 3; 2013-360, s. 14.21(h); 2019-241, s. 11(e); 2020-79, ss. 1(e), 6(a).)","path":["Chapter 159G. Water Infrastructure.","Article 2. Water Infrastructure Loans and Grants Administered by Department."],"source_url":"https://www.ncleg.gov/EnactedLegislation/Statutes/HTML/BySection/Chapter_159G/GS_159G-32.html","current_through":"S.L. 2026-30","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T18:25:27Z","sha256":"d908eaddf2e53d9070148ae433c43b8f84d7baa1c362793f55ebcf1d9aa0a475","source_id":"us-nc","stale":false,"prev":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-31","next":"us-nc/n.c.-gen.-stat.-159g-33"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}