SEWER

Diagram titled Charlotte Water Wastewater Connection in in black font depicts a residential street with a house on the corner, roadway is depicted with green grass on either side of a dark grey roadway and blue cyclist riding along. In the distance against a blue sky is a depiction of a city skyline. Above ground is a light grey sidewalk, green shrubs with yellow dots, and a blue one story home with blue roof and grey window. The graphic of the home depicts where sewer vent runs vertically in the house via a grey column, white font lettering Sewer Vent point to this column. Below street level, the ground area is cut away to show a side view: dirt is navy blue and network of sewer lines are dark green with light grey trim. The main is the large pipe underneath the street and is marked Sewer Main in white font; from the curb to the house is the Sewer Lateral section of pipe also marked with white font; and from a white round service port in the grass between the house and street a pipe descends vertically into the ground connecting to the Sewer Lateral, this vertical pipe is called Sanitary Sewer Clean Out and is indicated as such. Immediately below the edge of the side walk closest to the house is a dotted line indicating the area from that line to the street is Charlotte Water Responsibility in black font and to the right of that dotted line towards the house, the black font letters Homeowner Responsibility appears.

A Foul Odor Outside May or May Not Be Wastewater

Have you ever ventured outside and something quite astonishing assaulted your nose? It may be easy to pin the blame on a wastewater treatment plant that could be nearby. However,…

black and white photo of small, brick water treatment facility building from an earlier era

5 Things You Can Talk About Over Thanksgiving Dinner

Thanksgiving means quality time with family and friends, and for some that can cause a great deal of anxiety. Politics, religion, your cousin’s newest face tattoo, these are all topics…

Celebrating Environmental Excellence

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My Water, Wastewater

Charlotte Water regulates the discharge of pollutants that enter into our municipal sewer system. We monitor 58 industrial partners who are required to obtain wastewater permits which contain limits based…

2 utility technicians wearing orange safety vests, one with a white hard hat and other with teal baseball hat spray around manhole access point with a blue spray tank

Smoke In The Water

On occasion we conduct smoke testing to detect failures and leaks within the wastewater collection system (sewer pipes) that allow rainwater, creek water and other storm water run-off to enter the system.

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