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The Town of Cary owns and operates three State-of-the-Art water reclamation facilities. Recognized by the EPA for exceptional quality treatment, our facilities typically remove approximately three million pounds of nitrogen per year at removal rates of greater than 95%, using a natural biological nutrient removal process. In 2001, Cary became the first municipality in the state to provide Reclaimed Water to citizens and local community businesses through a regulated distribution program with the goals of beneficially reusing highly treated wastewater and further reducing nutrients in the Neuse River Basin.
In 2006, Cary began an innovative program for biosolids management, which constructed and began operating a thermal biosolids drying facility. The facility set Cary on a path to producing Class A, Exceptional Quality biosolids. The program also provided a way to beneficially reuse nutrients in the form of biosolids pellets. Our pellets provide a marketable and valuable nutrient-rich byproduct that can help to improve soil conditioning and provide a much-needed fertilizer for nutrient-deficient soils. In fact, the Town of Cary Utilities Department was recognized by the Water Environment Federation as the 2022 Utility of the Future award winner for the Beneficial Reuse of Biosolids.
The Town’s WRFs are in continuous operation, 24 hours per day, delivering exceptional quality treatment. Each Water Reclamation Facility is equipped with a state-certified laboratory dedicated to continuous performance monitoring and reporting. This data is summarized each year and available in our Annual Wastewater Report.
North Cary Water Reclamation Facility
In 2003, the North Cary WRF was a national finalist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards program in the Operations and Maintenance category. In 2012, the facility was awarded the NC AWWA/WEA Operations and Maintenance Excellence Award for the central region. In 2019, the facility was awarded the first Partnership for Clean Water’s Phase III Director’s award in the country by the AWWA as well as the Platinum NACWA award for outstanding wastewater treatment and regulatory compliance.
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.
Contact
Jonathan Bulla, Facility Managerjonathan.bulla@carync.gov
1900 Old Reedy Creek Road
Cary, NC 27513
Phone: (919) 677-0850
Fax: (919) 677-0920
South Cary Water Reclamation Facility
The South Cary WRF 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
Contact
Jarrod Buchanan, Facility ManagerJarrod.Buchanan@carync.gov
4900 West Lake Road
Apex, NC 27502
Phone: (919) 779-0697
Fax: (919) 662-8118
Western Wake Regional Water Reclamation Facility
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.
Contact
Josh Cummings, Facility Manager - Interimjosh.cummings@carync.gov
3500 Reclamation Road
New Hill, North Carolina 27562
Phone: (919) 535-5640
Fax: (919) 387-7594