In collaboration with Polk County and Inman-Campobello Water District (ICWD), Broad River Water Authority (BRWA) reached an agreement to provide treated water to these entities to serve parts of Polk County and Spartanburg County, SC.  Construction began in October 2008 on roughly 6 miles of water line from BRWA’s current system to the Polk County line.  ICWD funded the remaining 15 miles of waterline through Polk County and into the ICWD system.  The waterlines were completed in December 2008.  The systems were connected underneath the Broad River, and the sale of water began on December 31, 2008.

The waterline extension in Rutherford County provides potentially 130 homes with water service and fire protection.  The route of this new line follows Newton Cole Road beginning at the intersection with Hwy 221, Hopper Road, Dark Corner Road, Hester Mill Road, and Poors Ford Road to the crossing of the Broad River.

For all property owners who have frontage on the road in which the water line has been constructed, the cost for a standard ¾” tap is $1,000 if converting from a well, and $1,500 for a new home/ structure.

View map of new water line.        View maps of future water lines.

Advantages of the project:

• The project allows the rates for current BRWA customers to stabilize. Instead of 5% water rate increases every year to all customers, the revenue from the sale of water to Polk and ICWD will allow future rate increases to be at or below inflation.
• The project provides water to 130 unserved homes in Rutherford County, as well as Polk County’s unserved population.
• The project provides water to drought-prone areas in Rutherford and Polk Counties.
• The project allows regional collaboration using the strengths and resources of three separate entities.
• The revenue from the sale of water to Polk and ICWD allowed BRWA to borrow the funds needed to upgrade the aging Water Treatment Facility on Baber Road. Without the revenue from this partnership, the upgrades would have been delayed for more than 10 years.