Union County, NC - Water
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Union County Water owns and operates five wastewater treatment plants, or Water Reclamation Facilities (WRF). Each of these facilities treat wastewater from specific drainage areas:
- Twelve Mile Creek (our primary wastewater treatment plant),
- Crooked Creek;
- Tallwood Estates;
- Grassy Branch; and
- Olde Sycamore.
Our staff closely monitors the wastewater treatment capacities at our facilities. Permitting capacity is evaluated using the actual plant flows plus the permitted/obligated flows. The data below is updated monthly. The data captured for a given month is published approximately 4-6 weeks after it has been collected, to allow time for processing and reporting.
|
Facility |
Permitted Capacity (MGD) |
Actual Average Daily Flow* (MGD) |
Actual + Permitted Obligated Flows (MGD) |
Percent of Permitted Flow Used |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Twelve Mile Creek |
7.5 |
5.253 |
6.682 |
89.1% |
|
Crooked Creek |
1.90 |
1.129 |
1.686 |
88.7% |
|
Olde Sycamore |
0.15 |
0.039 |
0.039 |
26.0% |
|
Tallwood |
0.05 |
0.022 |
0.022 |
44.0% |
|
Grassy Branch |
0.05 |
0.043 |
0.044 |
88.0% |