This month on “Wonderful Water,” join 97.9 The Hill’s Andrew Stuckey for a conversation with Wil Lawson, wastewater treatment & biosolids recycling manager for OWASA as well as Travis Rich, operations supervisor at OWASA’s Mason Farm wastewater treatment plant.
When many of us flush the toilet or turn off the water tap, that might be the last time we think about where that water is going, but that’s just where it’s getting started for OWASA’s Wastewater Team. OWASA treats, on average, 7.5 million gallons of wastewater per day — roughly 3 billion gallons per year specifically at the Mason Farm Wastewater Treatment Plant on Old Mason Farm Road.
OWASA maintains roughly 350 miles of wastewater pipes across the community and treats the wastewater at the plant before it is discharged into Morgan Creek and eventually makes its way to Jordan Lake or is used as reclaimed water, mainly going back to UNC’s campus for non-drinking purposes.
OWASA met or surpassed all state and federal regulations regarding wastewater treatment over the span of the newest wastewater report card, running for the 2022 calendar year, and you can listen below as Lawson and Rich outline some of the most important factors to consider in wastewater treatment.
You can listen to the full conversation below, and visit the Wonderful Water page here for more interviews and stories about the work OWASA does in our community.
(Featured image via Town of Chapel Hill)
Chapel Hill and Carrboro residents use roughly 7 million gallons of water a day, and “Wonderful Water” is a monthly conversation sponsored by the Orange Water and Sewer Authority highlighting its work to keep our community growing and water flowing.
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