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OWASA has 343 miles of water mains and 294 miles of sewers. Its water is treated at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant. [2] The organization was founded in 1977, [2] to plan and manage Orange County's water supply after the county had experienced years of recurring droughts. [3] OWASA has a rolling 5-year capital improvement plan for ...
North Carolina Land and Water Fund (NCLWF) was created by the North Carolina General Assembly in 1996 as the 'Clean Water Management Trust Fund'. [1] The fund is an independent non-regulatory agency housed in the Division of Land and Water Stewardship in the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources .
American Water Works Association (AWWA) is an international non-profit, scientific and educational association founded to improve water quality and supply. Established in 1881, it is a lobbying organization representing a membership (as of 2024) of around 50,000 members worldwide.
In 2022, DEQ found 42 drinking water utilities serving at least 2.7 million people in North Carolina whose treated water contains PFOA or PFOS concentrations above the four parts per trillion ...
North Carolinians receive just one-fifth of the protections from 1,4-dioxane that a water quality standard would offer, according to a human health risk assessment DEQ submitted to the General ...
Fayetteville works is a sprawling, 2,150-acre manufacturing site along the Cape Fear River about 100 miles upstream from Wilmington. Three companies have operations there -- Chemours, DuPont and ...
In 1913, the Corporation Commission was given responsibility for regulating water and hydroelectric utilities. In 1920 the commission was replaced by a single Utilities Commissioner and some part-time staff. [1] In 1941, the General Assembly created the North Carolina Utilities Commission, composed of three commissioners serving six-year terms.
The main block of the treatment plant is a three-story, three-bay wide mass topped by a hipped, battened metal roof, with flanking stepped back two-story sections. Also on the property are three storage reservoirs for treated water, dating from 1887, 1940 and the 1950s. [2] It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. [1]