Orange Water and Sewer Authority
400 JONES FERRY ROAD
CARRBORO NC 27510
Telephone: (919)968-4421 or E-mail: OWASA


Water System

OWASA's raw water comes from two sources: the Cane Creek Reservoir, a 3 billion gallon lake located eleven miles west of Carrboro; and University Lake, a 450 million gallon lake located on Jones Ferry Road just outside of Carrboro. A 200 million gallon quarry reservoir west of Carrboro is available as a backup water source; and an allocation of storage capacity that will yield about 5 million gallons of water per day from Jordan lake in Chatham Country may help meet future water needs. The raw water is processed into drinking water at the Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant, which has a treatment capacity of 20 million gallons per day (MGD). The drinking water is then pumped into the water storage and distribution system, which has a storage capacity of 8 million gallons and 337 miles of water lines serving approximately 70,000 people in the OWASA service area.

 

Water Quality, Supply, Treatment and Distribution

 

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