Wastewater Treatment
The Town of Cary treats wastewater to a level that meets or exceeds regulatory requirements as cost-effectively as possible. The Town's two treatment plants have been renamed water reclamation facilities because in 2001, Cary became the first municipality in the state to conserve drinking water by pumping treated wastewater to many homes for irrigation and to some businesses for irrigation, cooling and industrial processes.
The North Cary plant was a national finalist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards program for 2003 in the Operations and Maintenance category.
The treatment removes solids that are suspended in the wastewater as well as biological and chemical pollutants that consume oxygen. Nitrogen and phosphorous also are removed. Residues from the treatment process are biological solids that are further treated and recycled by applying them to fields. Tests that federal regulations require for the removal are performed at the North plant laboratory.
North Cary Water Reclamation Facility
The North plant is a biological nutrient removal plant with filtration. After treatment, some water is piped to homes and businesses in the vicinity for reuse in irrigation, manufacturing processes and industrial cooling.
The North Cary plant was a national finalist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards program for 2003 in the Operations and Maintenance category.
The treatment removes solids that are suspended in the wastewater as well as biological and chemical pollutants that consume oxygen. Nitrogen and phosphorous also are removed. Residues from the treatment process are biological solids that are further treated and recycled by applying them to fields. Tests that federal regulations require for the removal are performed at the North plant laboratory.
North Cary Water Reclamation Facility
The North plant is a biological nutrient removal plant with filtration. After treatment, some water is piped to homes and businesses in the vicinity for reuse in irrigation, manufacturing processes and industrial cooling.
Treatment capacity - 12 million gallons a day.
Odor Control
For more information, contact:
Chris Parisher, plant superintendent
1900 Old Reedy Creek Road
Cary, NC 27512
P.O. Box 8005
(919) 677-0850
(919) 677-0920 (fax)
South Cary Water Reclamation Facility
The South plant is a biological nutrient removal plant with filtration. After treatment, some water is piped for reuse in irrigation.
Treatment capacity - 12.8 million gallons a day
Biosolids Dryer
Odor Control
For more information, contact:
Cecil Martin, Plant Manager
4900 West Lake Road
Apex, NC 27502
P.O. Box 8005
Cary, NC 27512-8005
(919) 779-0697
(919) 662-8118 (fax)
Western Wake Wastewater Project
Cary and its neighbors are partners in the Western Wake Regional Wastewater Management Facilities project. It includes a new treatment plant, pumping stations and pipelines to discharge treated wastewater to the Cape Fear River basin by January 2011.
For more information, contact:
Jamie Revels, Utilities Director
Cary Public Works and Utilities Department
400 James Jackson Avenue
Cary, NC 27513
P.O. Box 8005
(919) 469-4303
(919) 469-4304 (fax)
