Overview
Project

Jordan Lake Partnership

Client

State of North Carolina

What We Did

Create a regional, cooperative approach for limited water resources.

The Approach

Fountainworks led representatives from local jurisdictions throughout the Research Triangle region of North Carolina to develop a 50-year regional water supply plan.

Jordan Lake From The Ebenezer Church Shore
Jordan Lake fishing

The Result

Hailed as a first of its kind collaborative planning body around water supply, 13 local elected bodies signed a memorandum of understanding for cost-sharing, collaboration, regional water supply planning, and joint allocation request to the State of North Carolina. The Partnership and its work has been featured in national conferences and is the subject of an academic case study that highlights successful examples of collaborative governance.