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Hendersonville celebrated the completion of the French Broad River Intake and Water Treatment Facility Filter Expansion on February 13, 2026. This new facility provides an additional water source to enhance drought resilience for over 80,000 residents.

It was commissioned in December 2025 and aims to mitigate past water supply issues experienced during droughts. The project, funded by water utility bills and a low-interest loan from the NCDEQ, took ten years from design to completion. It includes two new gravity filters, increasing the facility's capacity from 12 million gallons per day to 15 million gallons per day.