What government agencies are responsible for making sure that Carys reclaimed water is safe?
Just like with your drinking water, the safety of the reclaimed water is regulated at many levels. The first level is the oversight provided by the N.C. Department of the Environment and Natural Resources, which has developed criteria and standards for reclaimed water. agency requires the Town of Cary to continuously monitor and design control strategies that ensure reclaimed water consistently meets criteria. The Town of Cary provides a second level of quality control, incorporating all required safety measures with levels of redundancy to ensure against system failure. The system is fitted with automatic monitoring equipment that will shut down the system and warn plant operators of the problem if water quality does not meet the criteria. The third level of control is provided by the expert operation of the system. The North Cary Water Reclamation Facility is supervised and controlled by highly trained operators who have been given additional training in the safe operation, supervisi
