Spurred primarily by projections for a significant population increase in the coming decades in greater Charlotte and surrounding Mecklenburg County, Charlotte Water has begun construction of a more than $380 million wastewater treatment facility.With an expected completion date in 2026, the Stowe Regional Water Resource Recovery Facility will expand the water and wastewater utility’s service footprint westward, across the Catawba River, to two neighboring communities: Mount Holly and Belmont, located in eastern Gaston County, says Nicole Bartlett, a division manager within the utility’ engineering department.Named after the late Joseph C. Stowe Jr., a former director of Charlotte Water, the new
