Waste Water Treatment Plant
Waste water discharged by customers flows through approximately 50 miles of sanitary sewer lines to a city owned and operated waste water treatment plant. The Town also maintains 7 pump stations and a series of force mains.
The current waste water treatment plant came online in 1994. The plant cost $8.5 million to construct. The plant has the capacity to treat 4 million gallons per day. The plant is operating on an average of 1.3 million gallons per day.
The plant is staffed 24 hours per day, 7 days a week. The plant has one superintendent, 6 plant operators, 1 maintenance mechanic and 1 lab technician.
The superintendent has a Grade IV Certification. All plant operators and maintenance mechanic have a minimum Grade II Certification. The lab technician has a Grade III Certification.
The Town also maintains an industrial pretreatment program with 3 permitted industries. Each industry has strenuous limits placed on the following parameters but is not limited to: Flow, BOD, TSS, Oil & Grease and pH.
Waste Water Plant Superintendent
Brittany York
Phone: 919-742-4581
Fax: 919-742-5499
Superintendent Hours – 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (Monday – Friday)