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Water Reclamation History

The first sanitary sewer mains in Fayetteville were installed in 1906. The Public Works Commission (PWC) completed the Cross Creek Water Reclamation Facility in 1959, at a cost of $2,250,000. It provided primary and secondary wastewater treatment removing approximately 85% of impurities before the effluent was discharged into the Cape Fear River. The original plant, designed to treat 9 million gallons per day (MGD), was expanded to treat 16 MGD in 1976, and a further expansion to 22 MGD was completed in 1992. The facility was re-rated to 25 MGD in 2002 after several process improvements.

A second 6 MGD plant known as the Rockfish Creek Water Reclamation Facility was completed in 1985. The Rockfish Plant was then expanded to treat 12 MGD in 1994 and re-rated to 14 MGD in 1996. In 2002, the plant completed another phase of expansion, increasing its treatment capacity to 16 MGD. In May 2007, the Rockfish Creek WRF completed the 2nd phase of its three phase expansion for a new treatment capacity of 21 MGD along with more reliability.

Both Cross Creek and Rockfish Water Reclamation Facilities have been honored with the national EPA Operations and Maintenance Award, in 1994 and 1988 respectively.

Water Reclamation Facts and Statistics
Treatment Capacity: 46 Million Gallons a Day
Customers (as of June 30, 2009):
Industrial: 10
Commercial: 4,892
Residential:62,480
Population Served: 185,000
Mains:
Gravity Sewer Mains: 1,167.82 miles - PWC, 60.47 miles - operate & maintain*
Force Sewer Mains: 53.18 miles - PWC, 27.33 miles - operate & maintain
Sewer Manholes: 28,700 - PWC, 1,340 - operate & maintain
Lift Stations: 66 PWC, 21 operate & maintain

* Hoke County, Stedman, NORCRESS, Eastover