# CFPUA awards $35.9M contract for GAC filters at Sweeney plant

The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority awarded a $35.9 million construction contract to Adams-Robinson Enterprises Inc. for adding eight deep-bed GAC filters at Sweeney Water Treatment Plant in Wilmington, North Carolina. The project also includes a $3 million contract with Black & Veatch for construction support.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2019-09-11
- Where: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
- Value: $35.9M
- Status: announced
- Products: granular activated carbon filters
- Sectors: [Water Treatment Equipment](https://endata.com/sectors/water-treatment-equipment.md)

## Companies

- [Black & Veatch](https://endata.com/companies/293.md) (supplier)
- [Cape Fear Public Utility Authority](https://endata.com/companies/42023.md) (customer)
- [Adams-Robinson Enterprises](https://endata.com/companies/42024.md) (supplier)

## Sources

- [cfpua.org](https://www.cfpua.org/m/newsflash/Archive/Item/1073?arcId=2318), 2019-09-11: "The new filters are expected to begin operating in 2022 and enable Sweeney to reduce PFAS concentrations in water from the Cape Fear by an average of 90 percent."

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