Cary is committed to proactive, comprehensive planning to guide the future of our community, including effective water resources management.

Reclaimed Water Master Plan Update

The last Town of Cary Reclaimed Water Master Plan Update was prepared in 2013. Since that time, the Town has completed the following guidance documents:

• The Cary Community Plan provided a framework for structuring future growth and redevelopment (2017).
• The Long Range Water Resources Plan update provided a strategic planning roadmap to meet the Town’s water resource needs through development of a Water Resources Portfolio, including reclaimed water (2018).
• The Reclaimed Water Business Case Evaluation provided recommendations for future service areas (2019).
• Policy Statement 132 updated the service areas to reflect the recommendation for separate West and North service areas (2020).

The 2021 Reclaimed Water Master Plan Update was performed to reflect the revised assumptions for future reclaimed water demands, as adjusted from the LRWRP forecast by Town staff to account for changes in reclaimed water boundaries and specific insight for future development, and to incorporate revised boundaries for the West and North service areas, per Policy Statement 132.

View the 2021 Update:

• Reclaimed Water Master Plan Update
• Figure 5-1 Recommended Infrastructure and Projects

Policy Statement 132

The Town adopted an official policy, set forth in Policy Statement 132, to ensure the continued orderly expansion and effective utilization of the reclaimed water system.  This policy defines the three reclaimed water service areas. For new development occurring within those service areas, the developers are required to extend the reclaimed water system to the development and to install reclaimed water infrastructure for secondary water use facilities for landscape and ground irrigation systems, where available.  All other secondary water use facilities, such as cooling towers, are encouraged to utilize reclaimed water, where available. If reclaimed water is not available to the site at the time of development, the secondary water use facilities may be temporarily supplied with potable water until reclaimed water is available, at which time they will be converted to the reclaimed water system.  This policy is periodically updated to reflect planning updates for the reclaimed water system.

Contact

Corrie Bondar, PE
Assistant Utilities Director
Utilities Department
(919)-460-4933
corrie.bondar@carync.gov

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