New water tower costs $1.8 million
By Kimberly Brooks
Staff Writer
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| Photo by Grant Merritt |
| The new water tower is visible from around campus. It cost around $1.8 million. |
The project is operated and maintained by the Facilities Operations Department and the Town of Pembroke supplies the water.
The establishment of new buildings and renovations of existing ones have required sprinklers to suppress fire, which created a need for the tower.
According to Steve Martin, assistant vice chancellor for facilty management, “In order for UNC-Pembroke to continue to grow and add future buildings we required more pressure and the water tower is the solution to this.”
The cost of the new water tower was around $1.8 million. Funding was part of the overall capital funding UNCP received for the nursing-health professions project, which is expected to begin in the spring. That building will also have sprinklers.
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