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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 – Charlotte Water Responds to Wastewater Spill in Mallard Creek

Charlotte Water is actively repairing a 36” wastewater main

trees and other debris jam up a creek post storm and flooding event

Charlotte Water Responds to Wastewater Overflow in Mallard Creek

Charlotte Water (CLTWater) crews responded to a broken wastewater pipe east of E. Mallard Creek Church Road, downstream of Kirk Farm Field Park on October 24th.

Sugar Creek WWTP Discharge of Highly Treated Wastewater

The Sugar Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant (near Fairview and Park road intersection) experienced an electrical outage in the afternoon of Tuesday October 17, 2017, and for approximately 12 minutes discharged highly treated wastewater to Little Sugar Creek that had not completed the normal treatment process.

3 utility technicians inspect the inside of an enormous water treatment tank by climbing down inside as sunlight from the hatch above illuminates the brown and concrete cavernous space

Charlotte Water Is The First Utility in the Region to Turn Waste Into Electricity

This year, Charlotte Water completed construction on a system at McAlpine Wastewater Treatment Plant that captures and converts methane gas (a byproduct of wastewater treatment) into a fuel for electricity production and useful heat.