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Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
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Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant
c/o City of Raleigh Public Utilities Department
P.O. Box 590
Raleigh, North Carolina, 27602
USA
Contact Information:
Contact:
Email:
Telephone: (919) 857-4540
Fax:
Plant Operation: Municipal
Processing: Wastewater
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Web site:
http://www.raleigh-nc.org/putilities/index.htm
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Plant/Process Description:
The Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant is an
advanced or tertiary wastewater treatment
facility serving the City of Raleigh. Its
capacity is 60 million gallons a day, and it is
treating an average of 36.67 million gallons a
day.
In 1989, the Neuse Plant won the EPA's national
award for Operations and Maintenance based on its
outstanding record of permit compliance. The
plant has not had a violation of its permit in
over twenty years!
Advanced or tertiary treatment means that
wastewater undergoes three stages of treatment:
primary, secondary and advanced treatment.
Primary treatment removes solids that will settle
to the bottom and greases and oils that will
float to the surface. Secondary treatment uses
microorganisms to digest or eat material that is
dissolved or suspended in the water, and then
separates the "bugs" from the cleaned water.
Advanced treatment includes filtration and
disinfection with ultraviolet light to kill germs
in the water.
Recent construction at the Neuse plant has added
biological nitrogen removal to secondary
treatment and tertiary treatment processes in the
plant. In 1999 these new processes at the Neuse
River Wastewater Treatment Plant reduced nitrogen
levels by 55% when compared to 1995 levels, which
the state has established as a benchmark year.
The state regulations which require a 49%
nitrogen reduction and compliance in January,
2003 have already been met by the City of Raleigh
at the Neuse River Wastewater Treatment Plant in
1999.
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Owner:
City of Raleigh
Web site:
http://www.raleigh-nc.org/
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Operating Company:
City of Raleigh
Web site:
http://www.raleigh-nc.org/
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