Richardson Water Treatment Plant

The Richardson Water Treatment Plant is located in Ogden in northern New Hanover County. The Richardson Plant has the capability to treat up to 7 million gallons of groundwater per day, approximately 10 percent of the drinking water that CFPUA provides to customers. 

Richardson distributes water to northern New Hanover County including Murrayville, Wrightsboro, Porters Neck, and parts of Castle Hayne and Ogden. It supplies groundwater to this system via wells which draw from the Castle Hayne and Pee Dee Aquifers. 

Richardson WTP contains state-of-the-art reverse osmosis membrane technology recognized as one of the best available technologies for removing organic material in the water and is effective in reducing the formation of disinfection byproducts. 

The plant, which opened in 2009, is named for former CFPUA Water Resources Manager Michael Richardson.

Request a tour of the Richardson WTP here.