Greensboro is a city in the U.S. state of North Carolina. It is the 3rd-most populous city in North Carolina, the 68th-most populous city in the United States, and the county seat and largest city in Guilford County and the surrounding Piedmont Triad metropolitan region. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 269,666, and in 2015 the estimated population was 285,342. Three major interstate highways in the Piedmont region of central North Carolina were built to intersect at this city. In
In 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.n 1904, the present plant was built. Construction was preceded by replacing Triphammer Dam slightly west of it original location in 1896. Water is supplied to the plant from Beebe Lake by a five-foot diameter underground penstock, 1700 feet long. The existing intake dates to 1953 and was upgraded in 1981.
The overall length of the dam wall will be 2,215 kilometres with a spillway of 200 metres in length to accommodate the regional maximum flood of 4 650 cubic metres per second. The height of the dam wall from the lowest foundation to the part where there is no overspill (the non-overspill above) is 47 metres.ecuring bulk water for the region is the purpose of the scheme. This includes raw water storage (Nandoni Dam and Xikundu Weir), the Water Treatment Works and bulk pipelines to command reservoirs. Thereafter it will be the responsibility of the Water Board to supply clean, filtered water to local supply reservoirs.