The Virginian-Pilot
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Saturday, March 30, 1996               TAG: 9603300424
SECTION: LOCAL                    PAGE: B1   EDITION: NORTH CAROLINA 
                                             LENGTH: Short :   17 lines

HAPPY TO SEE PLANT BLOOM

ILLUSTRATION: Color photo by Ronald L. Speer/ The Virginian-Pilot

More than 100 people turned out Friday, despite chilly weather, for

the formal opening of the reverse-osmosis water plant in Rodanthe on

Hatteras Island. The plant, which cost $6.4 million to build, also

provides water to Waves and Salvo.

by CNB