FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Mike McGill
(910) 332-6704
After Hours: (910) 622-8472
mike.mcgill@cfpua.org
communications@cfpua.org.
This news release was issued on June 28, 2014, in compliance with North Carolina General Statute 143-251.1C (a portion of the Clean Water Act of 1999). For further information, contact Mike McGill, Chief Communications Officer for the Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) at the contact numbers and emails given above.
Wilmington, NC (June 28, 2014): Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) crews responded to, and stopped, a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) that occurred Friday at approximately 6:20 p.m. in the vicinity of the Country Haven Pump station, located at 7718 Market Street in Ogden. A break in an 8-inch force main was the cause for the overflow, which was stopped at approximately 7:00 p.m. when staff diverted flow to a new force main in the area. Repairs have been made to the existing force main.
Despite crews quickly arriving on scene, approximately 2,000 gallons of wastewater reached surface waters that serve as a tributary to nearby Pages Creek. CFPUA Environmental Management staff members have conducted water quality testing at various locations at and around the site and initial results are expected within the next 24 hours. This incident is under further investigation by CFPUA and has been reported to the North Carolina Division of Water Quality.
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Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) was formed by the City of Wilmington and New Hanover County to combine their water and sewer operations. It began operations on July 1, 2008. Today, the Authority serves more than 67,000 water customer accounts and more than 63,000 wastewater customer accounts. It oversees more than 1,000 miles of water distribution mains and nearly 1,000 miles of sewer mains. For more information, visit www.cfpua.org or contact CFPUA’s Communications staff at communications@cfpua.org.