The Town of Cary treats wastewater to a level that meets or exceeds regulatory requirements as cost-effectively as possible. The Town's two treatment plants have been renamed water reclamation facilities because in 2001, Cary became the first municipality in the state to conserve drinking water by pumping treated wastewater to many homes for irrigation and to some businesses for irrigation, cooling and industrial processes.

The North Cary plant was a national finalist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Water Act Recognition Awards program for 2003 in the Operations and Maintenance category.

The treatment removes solids that are suspended in the wastewater as well as biological and chemical pollutants that consume oxygen. Nitrogen and phosphorous also are removed. Residues from the treatment process are biological solids that are further treated and recycled by applying them to fields. Tests that federal regulations require for the removal are performed at the North plant laboratory.

North Cary Water Reclamation Facility

The North plant is a biological nutrient removal plant with filtration. After treatment, some water is piped to homes and businesses in the vicinity for reuse in irrigation, manufacturing processes and industrial cooling.

Treatment capacity - 12 million gallons a day.

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For more information, contact:
Chris Parisher, plant superintendent
1900 Old Reedy Creek Road
Cary, NC 27512
P.O. Box 8005
(919) 677-0850
(919) 677-0920 (fax)

South Cary Water Reclamation Facility

The South plant is a biological nutrient removal plant with filtration. After treatment, some water is piped for reuse in irrigation.

Treatment capacity - 12.8 million gallons a day

Sludge Dryer

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