The City of Albemarle will soon have upgraded water systems, according to a release. The city received $17 million for water system projects from the North Carolina State budget.

In the long term, the city is working to improve the water plant’s filtration system. The city met with designers and contractors on May 29 to make a plan for addressing the issue.

The city said that due to a failure of a Water Flow Meter at the water plant, the department pumped additional chlorine out into the distribution system that exceeds the 4.0 mg/l required by the IEPA.