North Carolina AWOP Program
Minimum Data Monitoring Requirements:
• Daily raw water turbidity.
• Settled water turbidity from sedimentation basins at four-hour increments.
• On-line, continuous turbidity from each filter.
Individual Sedimentation Basin/Filter Performance Goals:
•When the raw water turbidity average is greater than 10 nephelometric turbidity units (NTU),
the settled water turbidity is less than 2 NTU 95 percent of the time.
•When the raw water turbidity average is less than or equal to 10 NTU,
the settled water turbidity is less than 1 NTU 95 percent of the time.
• Filtered water turbidity is less than 0.10 NTU 95 percent of the time based on the maximum values recorded.
•Maximum individual water turbidity does not exceed 0.3 NTU.
• Filter backwash is initiated before turbidity exceeds 0.1 NTU.
• Filter to waste until turbidity is less than 0.1 NTU.
•Maximum water measurement is less than 10 particles (in the >2 micron range) per milliliter (if particle counters are available).
The following is a list of water treatment plants that received NC’s Area Wide Optimization Program award for turbidity optimization
for 2012.
T
he goal of the North Carolina Area Wide Optimization Program
(AWOP) is to provide the best quality water to the citizens of North
Carolina by enhancing the existing infrastructure with minimal
cost to the utility.
To better protect public health and define optimized performance,
the following goals were adopted for all surface water treatment
plants in the state:
System Name
County
Town of Andrews Water Treatment Plant
Cherokee
Appalachian State University Water Treatment Plant
Watauga
City of Asheville-North Fork Water Treatment Plant
Buncombe
City of Asheville-Debruhl Water Treatment Plant
Buncombe
City of Belmont Water Treatment Plant
Gaston
Town of Boone Water Treatment Plant
Watauga
Broad River Water Authority Water Treatment Plant
Rutherford
Town of Burnsville Water Treatment Plant
Yancey
Town of Canton-Penland Street Water Treatment Plant
Haywood
Town of Cary Water Treatment Plant
Wake
Cape Fear Public Utility Authority-Wilmington
New Hanover
City of Charlotte-Vest Plant
Mecklenburg
City of Charlotte-Franklin Plant
Mecklenburg
City of Charlotte-Lee S. Duke Plant
Mecklenburg
City of Cherryville Water Treatment Plant
Gaston
City of Eden-Robert A. Harris Water Treatment Plant
Rockingham
City of Fayetteville-Hoffer Water Treatment Plant
Cumberland
Hamlet Water System
Richmond
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