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Sanitary Sewer Facilities

Cross Creek Water Reclamation Facility

  • Location: 601 N. Eastern Blvd.
  • Built: 1959
  • Original Capacity: 9 MGD
  • Expansions: 16 MGD (1976), 22 MGD (1992)
  • Uprated: 25 MGD (2002)
  • Current Treatment Capacity: 25 MGD
  • Max. Monthly Average: 12.8 MGD
  • Yearly Average: 11.5 MGD
  • Features: Septic Receiving Station for use by commercial septic tank and portable toilet contractors
  • Awards: NC AWWA WEA George W. Burke Safety Award (2016); National Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Operations and Maintenance Award (1994)

Rockfish Creek Water Reclamation Facility

  • Location: 2536 Tracy Hall Road
  • Built: 1985
  • Original Capacity: 6 MGD
  • Expansions: 12 MGD (1994), 16 MGD (2002), 21 MGD (2007)
  • Current Treatment Capacity: 21 MGD (2007)
  • Max. Monthly Average: 14.6 MGD
  • Yearly Average: 13.7 MGD
  • Features: Septic Receiving Station for use by commercial septic tank and portable toilet contractors
  • Awards: Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations & Maintenance Excellence Award for the East Region (2019); NC AWWA WEA George W. Burke Safety Award (2016); National Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Operations and Maintenance Award (1988)

PWC also implements a water reuse program at the two water reclamation facilities. The recycled water is utilized for in-plant uses such as seal water, cleaning of equipment, and for various plant processes.

PWC Farm (Residuals Management)

PWC is putting waste to work. Under a state-monitored Land Application Program, PWC recycled biosolids are at work on over 4,000 acres of local farmland, including PWC’s 750-acre farm in eastern Cumberland County.  The land application program also extends into other counties, including Robeson and Hoke. 

PWC is putting waste to work. Under a state-monitored Land Application Program, PWC-recycled biosolids are at work on over 4,000 acres of local farmland, including PWC’s 750-acre farm in eastern Cumberland County.  The land application program also extends into other counties, including Robeson and Hoke.

Recycling Process Components

  • The stabilized biosolids generated by both water reclamation facilities are transported by large tanker trucks to various permitted farm sites.  All site conditions must be met before any application can occur.   
  • Specialized equipment at the farm sites evenly distributes the biosolids either by subsurface or surface application.
  • The biosolids are applied at agronomic rates – the nitrogen rate required by the crop – so crops can uptake the proper amount of fertilizer found in the biosolids to grow such crops as corn, soybeans, sorghum, coastal Bermuda grass and small grains.
  • Row crops are harvested and sold to grain markets for livestock feed while grasses are sold to the public as livestock feed. After this the recycling process begins again.
  • Research and compliance inspections by state regulatory agencies have shown this process to be a
    beneficial and environmentally friendly way to recycle biosolids.  PWC has been performing recycling of biosolids from its water reclamation facilities since 1987.

Over FY2023, the PWC Farm produced:

  • 783 round bales of Bermuda hay
  • 3,785 bushels of soybeans
  • 6,261 bushels of corn