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New Bern water system runs at 50% capacity

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Understanding your local water supply, today a meeting in New Bern dove into the details on how the city of New Bern get’s its water.

New Bern’s director of water resources Jordan Hughes gave a presentation at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of New Bern, that was planned by the Carolina Nature Coalition.

Throughout the presentation, he explained that New Bern has 2 main water supply Aquafers, or underground reservoirs.

And that the city is running at about 50% of it’s capacity, which Hughes says is a great place to be.

Last year we produced 8.63 million gallons a day for a total of 1.41 billion dollars of gallons used in the New Bern community in 2025.

Hughes said that New Bern water is set in a great plan that has worked successfully for them for years, and that community members can continue to rely on it.

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