15 May OWASA Board Sets Public Hearings on FY21 Budget; No Rate Increase Proposed
OWASA’s Board of Directors will hold a virtual public hearing on May 28 at 7 p.m. regarding the proposed budget and rate adjustment for Fiscal Year 2021....
OWASA’s Board of Directors will hold a virtual public hearing on May 28 at 7 p.m. regarding the proposed budget and rate adjustment for Fiscal Year 2021....
Orange Water and Sewer Authority is beginning to phase back in some normal operations that were temporarily suspended in mid-March due to the spread of COVID-19. ...
The #GivingTuesdayNow campaign in our area began with a call to donate to the Care to Share water bill assistance program of the Orange Water and Sewer Authority (OWASA)....
OWASA’s Board of Directors met virtually on Thursday, April 23, to consider an agenda that included updates on the response to the COVID-19 pandemic and OWASA's Forest Management plan, among other items....
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....