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Carrboro, NC, USA
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Jones Ferry Road Water Treatment Plant
400 Jones Ferry Road
Carrboro, NC, 27510
USA
Contact Information:
Contact:
Email:
Telephone: (919) 968-4421
Fax:
Plant Operation: Municipal
Processing: Water
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Web site:
http://www.owasa.org/pages/jonesferry.asp
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Plant/Process Description:
Located at 400 Jones Ferry Road in Carrboro, the
drinking water treatment plant was originally
built in 1948 by the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill, which owned and operated the
community's water system until February,
1977.
The plant can treat up to 20 million gallons of
raw water daily from University Lake and the Cane
Creek Reservoir.
Treatment process includes:
-Adding powdered carbon to water from the lakes
to improve the taste and control odor in the
water
-Separating solid particles from water in
settling tanks.
-Filtering the water through layers of sand and
anthracite coal.
-Disinfection with chlorine and ammonia.
Daily water use by the 70,000 people in the
Carrboro-Chapel Hill community averages about 9
million gallons per day.
Treated water is distributed to five storage
tanks -- ground-level and elevated -- and through
more than 340 miles of water mains.
During drinking water treatment, solid particles
are separated from the water. The solids
or "residuals" from the Jones Ferry Road Water
Treatment Plant are recycled by a company that
uses them to help make compost and soil mixes for
wholesale delivery to farmers, landscapers, and
landscape supply retailers.
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Owner:
Orange Water and Sewer Authority
Web site:
http://www.owasa.org/
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Operating Company:
Orange Water and Sewer Authority
Web site:
http://www.owasa.org/
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