In support of our commitment to provide high-quality drinking water, OWASA will temporarily alter its drinking water treatment process throughout the month of March. Water will remain safe to drink during this time, but customers might notice a change in taste or odor of drinking...
OWASA has partnered with Eagle Solar and Light to install two small, ground-mount solar photovoltaic (PV) systems to supply our facilities with renewable energy. We will be holding on-site, drop-in sessions at each site....
Customers throughout Chapel Hill and Carrboro can take control of their water usage and save some money along the way with the help of OWASA’s Agua Vista program. “When you use less, you pay less,” OWASA Sustainability Manger Mary Tiger summarized during an appearance on...
Flushing the wrong things down your drain can cause harm to the sewer system, require costly fixes or even harm water quality locally. OWASA customers are encouraged to help protect the integrity of our local water and wastewater infrastructure by saying yes to the three...
From July 2018 to June 2019, OWASA treated about 3 billion gallons of wastewater for the Carrboro-Chapel Hill community! We’re pleased to share that we met or surpassed all Federal and State standards as highlighted in our annual Wastewater Report Card.350 miles of underground pipes,...
How much water do you have in storage? OWASA maintains five water storage tanks throughout Carrboro and Chapel Hill – representing about eight million gallons of water stored every day to ensure customers have access to it 24/7.Like any other piece of big and important...
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,...