WESTERN WAKE
REGIONAL WASTEWATER
MANAGEMENT FACILITY
THE WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
BEGAN OPERATION IN 2014. THE FACILITY IS A BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT
REMOVAL FACILITY LOCATED ON RECLAMATION ROAD AND SERVES
RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES IN THE TOWNS OF APEX, CARY, AND
MORRISVILLE. THE FACILITY DISCHARGES EXCEPTIONALLY TREATED
WATER TO THE CAPE FEAR RIVER DOWNSTREAM OF THE BUCKHORN DAM.
WASTEWATER ANNUAL REPORT 2015–2016 13
WESTERN WAKE REGIONAL WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT FACILITY
PERMIT PARAMETER FY2016 PERMIT LIMIT UNITS
Effluent Flow 4.84 18.0 MGD
Total Phosphorus 0.18 0.75 Monthly Avg. mg/L
Total Suspended Solids <2.5 30.0 Monthly Avg. mg/L
Biochemical Oxygen
Demand
2.5 5.0 Summer Monthly Avg. mg/L
Total Nitrogen 36,893 112,400 Summer Total lbs
Fecal Coliform 6.9 200 Monthly Avg. #/100 ml
Dissolved Oxygen 8.1 >5.0 Daily Avg. mg/L
Ammonia 0.05 1.0 Summer Monthly Avg. mg/L
pH 7.5 >6.0 & <9.0 Standard Units S.U.
