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90 Years of Safeguarding Public Health

What do Rome, the Indus Valley civilizations and Charlotte have in common? They were all cities that thrived due to the installation of water and wastewater infrastructure. Without clean water…

on a transparent background, a grey round medallion in the shape and design of a manhole cover with the words in black font, Sugar Creek at top, and Irwin Creek at bottom. Across it a blue sash that says in cursive black font, 90th Anniversary 1927-2017

Sugar & Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plants Celebrate 90 Years!

Protecting Charlotteans public health and waterways is something to celebrate. Sugar Creek and Irwin Creek Wastewater Treatment Plants do just that and are celebrating their 90th birthdays.

flooded job site along a interstate 77 with single section of metal pipe, black porta-potty, black crane and a view of the city skyline in the distance

Charlotte Water is repairing a 42-inch drinking water pipe at I-77 near I-277

Charlotte Water is repairing a 42-inch drinking water pipe at Interstate 77 near Interstate 277.

3 utility technicians stand along the side of a creek full of debris from a recent storm and flood event, behind them is a yellow excavator working to sure up the compromised dirt bank below the roadway

UPDATE-Secondary Spill At Repair Site

Pumping operations have resumed after a streambank collapsed early Thursday morning at the repair site of a 36” wastewater main.