CFPUA honored for surpassing water standards | Environment

NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC (WECT) - Cape Fear Public Utility Authority is among 35 water systems honored for surpassing federal and state drinking water standards.

CFPUA and others were recognized with the NC Area Wide Optimization Award from the North Carolina Division of Water Resources' Public Water Supply section.

According to a news release, the water systems are gauged each year on ability to demonstrate outstanding turbidity and microbial removal.  Microbes are tiny naturally-occuring particles that can potential contain bacteria that can be harmful.

Other water systems honored include:

• Burnsville
• Woodfin Sanitary Water and Sewer
• Weaverville
• Morganton
• Lenoir
• Newton
• Longview
• Andrews
• Two Rivers Utilities
• Robbinsville - Tallulah Water Treatment Plant
• Robbinsville - Rock Creek Water Treatment Plant
• Waynesville
• Maggie Valley Sanitary District
• Mooresville
• Lincolnton
• Lincoln County Water Treatment Plant
• Marion
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility - Vest Plant
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility - Franklin Plant
• Charlotte-Mecklenburg Utility - Lee S. Duke Plant
• Salisbury-Rowan
• Broad River Water Authority
• Boone
• Wilkesboro
• Louisburg
• Mount Airy-Spencer Water Treatment Plant
• Elkin
• Pilot Mountain
• Henderson-Kerr Lake Regional Water
• Fayetteville Public Works Commission
• Harnett County Department of Public Utilities
• Sanford
• Hamlet Water System
• Cape Fear Public Utilities Authority-Wilmington
• Neuse Regional Water and Sewer Authority

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