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WASTEWATER TREATMENT CAPACITY

Listed below by county, by owner, by facility is the wastewater treatment capacity permitted flow, as built flow, average flow and the percentage of permitted flow discharged for wastewater treatment facilities for the period of January 1, 2005 through December 31, 2006. The 44 facilities listed are publicly owned treatment works (POTWs). According to the NC Division of Water Quality, it is not possible to accurately estimate an “unused flow” capacity for each facility, as many of the facilities have ongoing concerns about inflow and infiltration during storming events. While only four facilities have un-built expansion capacity, many of the POTWs are operating well below their permitted flows due to loss of industry and other factors. A POTW consistently operating at 80% or greater of permitted capacity must update its long-term sewer plan. Several of the POTWs listed below are near the 80% permitted flow capacity, but only one facility, City of Wilmington, Northside WWTP (New Hanover County) is actually in excess of 80% but its built flow is only 50% of the permitted flow.

County	Owner	Facility	Permitted Flow (mil gal/day)	As Built Flow (mil gal/day)	Average Flow (mil gal/day)	Percent of Permitted Flow Used
Bladen	Town of Bladenboro	Bladenboro WWTP	.5000	.5000	.2610	52.21
	Town of Clarkton	Clarkton WWTP	.2400	.2400	.1112	46.34
	Town of White Lake	White Lake WWTP	.8000	.8000	.5160	64.51
	Town of Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown WWTP	1.2250	1.2250	.6749	55.10
Brunswick	City of Southport	Southport WWTP	.8000	.8000	.2442	30.53
	Brunswick County	Carolina Shores WWTF	.5300	.5300	.3947	74.47
	North Brunswick Sanitary District	Belville WTTP	.8000	.4000	.1934	48.34
	Brunswick County	Northeast Brunswick WWTP	1.6500	1.6500	.8471	51.34
Columbus	Town of Fair Bluff	Fair Bluff WWTP	.2300	.2300	.1191	51.77
	Town of Lake Waccamaw	Lake Waccamaw WWTP	.4000	.4000	.2511	62.78
	City of Whiteville	Whitemarsh WWTP	3.0000	3.0000	1.0672	35.57
	Town of Tabor City	Tabor City WWTP	1.1000	1.1000	.5013	45.57
	Town of Chadbourn	Chadbourn WWTP	1.0000	1.0000	.2740	27.40
	Columbus County	Columbus County POTW	.1250	.1250	.0210	.0000
Cumberland	PWC/Fayetteville	Rockfish Creek WWTP	28.0000	21.0000	12.58	59.89
	PWC/Fayetteville	Cross Creek WWTP	25.0000	22.0000	11.5042	52.29
	Town of Spring Lake	Spring Lake WWTP	1.5000	1.5000	.7706	51.37
Hoke	City of Raeford	Raeford WWTP	3.0000	3.0000	1.9398	64.66
New Hanover	City of Wilmington	Northside WWTP	16.0000	8.0000	6.6847	83.56
	City of Wilmington	Southside WWTP	12.0000	12.0000	8.7407	72.84
	Town of Carolina Beach	Carolina Beach WWTP	3.0000	3.0000	1.2292	40.97
	Town of Kure Beach	Kure Beach WWTP	.2850	.2850	.0328	11.50
	New Hanover County Water & Sewer District	Walnut Hills WWTP	.1000	.1000	.0687	68.72
	New Hanover County Water & Sewer District	Landfill WTTP	.0640	.0500	.0279	55.76

Pender	Town of Burgaw	Burgaw WWTP	.7500	.7500	.4144	55.25
Richmond	City of Hamlet	Hamlet WWTP	1.0000	1.0000	.7532	75.32
	Town of Ellerbe	Ellerbe WWTP	.1800	.1800	.11.57	64.28
	City of Rockingham	Rockingham WWTP	9.0000	9.0000	3.8944	43.27
Robeson	Town of Parkton	Parkton WWTP	.2000	.2000	.1086	54.31
	Town of St. Pauls	St. Pauls WWTP	.5000	.5000	.3158	63.16
	City of Lumberton	Lumberton WWTP	20.0000	20.0000	4.8746	24.37
	Town of Pembroke	Pembroke WWTP	1.3300	1.3300	.7049	53.00
	Town of Rowland	Rowland WWTP	.3870	.3870	.2112	54.58
	Town of Red Springs	Red Springs WWTP	2.5000	2.5000	.9422	37.69
	Town of Maxton	Maxton WWTP	.5000	.6000	.2699	44.98
	Town of Fairmont	Fairmont Regional WWTP	1.7500	1.7500	.4004	22.88
Sampson	Town of Roseboro	Roseboro WWTP	.4900	.7000	.2538	36.26
	City of Clinton	Norman H. Larkins WPCF	5.0000	5.0000	2.3810	47.62
	Town of Garland	Garland WWTP	.1260	.1260	.0791	62.74
	Town of Newton Grove	Newton Grove WWTP	.2000	.2000	.0456	22.82
Scotland	City of Laurinburg	Pilkington North American WWTP	.0300	.0300	.0140	46.68
	City of Laurinburg	Leiths Creek WWTP	4.0000	4.0000	2.2167	55.42
	Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission	Laurinburg Industrial WWTP	2.0000	2.0000	.7623	38.12
	Laurinburg-Maxton Airport Commission	Laurel Hill/Maxton WWTP	.3000	.3000	.0482	16.08

Source: Special report compiled by North Carolina’s Division of Water Quality, the National Pollutant Discharge Eliminations System (NPDES) Unit, Charles Weaver, [ http://h20.enr.state.ns.us/NPDES/NPDESweb.html], January 17, 2008.