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The City of Kings Mountain Water Supply is Moss Lake. Moss Lake is a 15,000,000,000 gallon impoundment located 7 miles west of Kings Mountain on Oak Grove Rd.
Our water is treated at the T. J. Ellison Water Treatment Plant located at Moss Lake. The Water Plant is undergoing a major upgrade that is scheduled to be completed in December of 2016. This upgrade includes increasing the capacity from 8 million gallons to 12 million gallons per day.
We have just completed the installation of a 36” water main that will replace a 24” water main that was put into service in 1972.
The City of Kings Mountain Water Resources Department consists of five divisions with 28 employees.
· Administration (3 employees)
· Water Treatment Plant (5 employees)
· Maintenance (7 employees)
· Wastewater Plant (6 employees)
· Pump/Collections System (7 employees)
The City of Kings Mountain maintains 107 miles of water mains, 107 miles of sewer mains, and 32 pump stations.