At Long Last: Forward For Rogers Road
The Rogers Road community breaks ground on a new sewer – marking a historic day for Orange County.
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Orange County Asks for Feedback from February Water Crisis Response
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 16, 2017 | Safety
Orange County residents now have a chance to give feedback to the agencies that responded to the water crisis in the southern portion of the county earlier this year. The approximately 80,000 customers served by Orange Water and...
Read MoreOWASA Apologizes for ‘Erroneous’ $100 Million Water Bill
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 15, 2017 | News Around Town
While consumers are always warned to read the fine print and many of us have complained about fees being added onto a transaction, it appears a computer malfunction was the cause of a $100 million error in Orange County. The...
Read MoreConsultants Hired to Conduct Review of Orange County Water Crisis
Posted by Bruce Rosenbloom | Jun 7, 2017 | Local Government
A third-party consultant has been hired by county executives to study the water crisis that brought life in Chapel Hill and Carrboro to an inconvenient crawl over four months ago. Crisis Focus LLC will work with an established...
Read MoreMore Than 150 Residents Complain of OWASA Water Taste, Odor
Posted by Blake Hodge | Jun 5, 2017 | Health
For the second time in two weeks, Orange Water and Sewer Authority has issued a statement reassuring residents in southern Orange County that the water is safe. The concern has come from the water’s “earthy” or...
Read MoreOWASA: Water Safe Despite ‘Earthy’ or ‘Musty’ Odor and Taste
Posted by Blake Hodge | May 24, 2017 | Safety
Officials with Orange Water and Sewer Authority are reassuring residents in the southern portion of Orange County that even though you may have noticed taste and odor issues, the water is safe to drink and use. A release from...
Read MoreOWASA to Add Fluoride Back to Water Supply
The Board of Directors for the Orange Water and Sewer Authority voted to continue the policy of adding fluoride to the drinking water. The OWASA board held a meeting with public comments March 9, in order to help make a...
Read MoreUNC Dentist: Science Supports Fluoride in Water
Southern Orange County residents are concerned about fluoride in the water after the Orange Water and Sewer Authority water treatment plant shut down earlier this month after an accidental release of too much fluoride into the...
Read MoreOWASA Working to Keep Community Informed After Water Crisis
Posted by Staff | Feb 15, 2017 | News Around Town
Some Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents are still recovering after the water crisis on February 3 and 4 that left all without running water during the affected time. An accidental overfeed of fluoride in the water at the Orange...
Read MoreInter-Faith Council Collecting Donations for Residents Displaced by Water Line Break
The Inter-Faith Council is now receiving donations on behalf of residents living near Foxcroft Drive in apartments that flooded after an OWASA water line broke February 3. The flooding damaged six apartments. Two were damaged so...
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