RALEIGH, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency reports it has allocated $409.4 million to the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality to improve local drinking water utility infrastructure for future natural disasters.

The funds are part of the 2025 Supplemental Appropriation for Hurricanes Helene and Milton and the Hawai’i Wildfires. They may be used to improve drinking water treatment, distribute water, improve the source of water supply, replace or construct finished water storage tanks and complete other infrastructure projects needed to protect public health through improved drinking water infrastructure.

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said, “In February, I visited communities in Asheville to witness firsthand the crucial role drinking water utiliti

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