OWASA is proud to join communities across the country in celebration of Drinking Water Week, May 6 to 11. On this occasion, we are pleased to launch our Water Quality Report Card for 2018 and share that OWASA met or surpassed all Federal and State...
On April 12, OWASA responded to a wastewater overflow at Rogerson Drive (near Raleigh Road) in Chapel Hill. The cause was a break in a wastewater pipe. Heavy rains increased the water that entered the system resulting in 2 additional overflows at the site. The repair...
OWASA has access to 128 years of rainfall data in our area. In 2018, we recorded our highest year of rainfall on record, measuring 74.74 inches at the Water Treatment Plant in Carrboro (on Jones Ferry Road). This is 27.57 inches above the 128-year average...
Our offices at 400 Jones Ferry Road, Carrboro, will close on Friday, December 23rd and on Monday and Tuesday, December 26th and 27th, for the Christmas holidays.For help from OWASA when offices are closedWhen OWASA’s offices are closed, personnel are on call to respond to service interruptions,...
OWASA responded on Thursday, June 23rd, to a spill of untreated wastewater from a sewer near Erwin Road and Fordham Boulevard (US 15-501) in Chapel Hill.OWASA estimates that the intermittent overflow totaled about 1,875 gallons during its known duration from 10:30 AM to 4:45 PM....