28 May OWASA Announces Expansion of Recreation Opportunities at Cane Creek Reservoir, University Lake
These recreation changes will go into effect on Friday, June 4. OWASA’s reservoirs will not be open on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021....
These recreation changes will go into effect on Friday, June 4. OWASA’s reservoirs will not be open on Memorial Day, May 31, 2021....
To make sure any stale and potentially unhealthy water in your building’s system is removed, we are asking you to follow these steps as you prepare to reopen your property to employees and customers....
OWASA is continuing to build on a decade’s worth of energy management work that resulted in avoiding over $565,000 in electricity and natural gas costs just in the last fiscal year....
OWASA is working to maintain its level of service across Carrboro and Chapel Hill while maintaining practices that prioritize the health and safety of the public and OWASA employees during the COVID-19 pandemic....
OWASA's Board of Directors met virtually on Thursday, April 9, to consider an agenda that included updates on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the ongoing budgeting process....
OWASA will complete its annual switch to using chlorine to disinfect drinking water on March 31 and return to using chloramines at midnight on April 1. However, customers may notice continued chlorine taste and odor in early to mid-April because some water treated with chlorine...
The Orange County Health Department Board of Health on March 26, 2020, unanimously approved a recommendation that Orange Water and Sewer Authority continue fluoridating the drinking water across the service area (generally the Carrboro and Chapel Hill communities) at current levels. The recommendation came after...
OWASA is suspending its practice of mailing and handing out paper notices to customers in an effort to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 by limiting human-to-human interaction....
Based on the current evidence from the WHO, CDC, and EPA, the risk to drinking water supplies becoming contaminated by the virus remains low....
OWASA will put additional measures in place beginning Monday, March 16, to help mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and protect drinking water quality in our service area....