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4 <br /> OWASA Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> Our community's trusted partner for clean water and environmental protection. <br /> January 30, 2025 <br /> Mayor Jessica Anderson Mayor Barbara Foushee Chair Jamezetta Bedford <br /> Town of Chapel Hill Town of Carrboro Orange County Board of <br /> 405 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd 301 West Main Street Commissioners <br /> Chapel Hill, NC 27514 Carrboro, NC 27510 Post Office Box 8181 <br /> Hillsborough, NC 27278 <br /> Subject: January 2025 Quarterly Report to Local Governments <br /> Dear Mayor Anderson, Mayor Foushee, and Chair Bedford: <br /> We are pleased to submit this update on our services, projects, and initiatives since October 2024.This <br /> report includes updates on the following items: <br /> 1. Update on OWASA's Community Survey <br /> 2. PFAS Monitoring and Drinking Water Treatment Project <br /> 3. Updated Standards and Specifications for Developers,Contractors, and Engineers <br /> 4. Celebrating 15 Years of Reclaimed Water <br /> S. Service Line Replacement Program to Launch This Summer <br /> 6. Youth Water Academy Graduates Fifth Cohort <br /> 7. Johnny Randall Joins Board of Directors and Pending Board Appointments <br /> 8. Dare to Share Campaign for OWASA's Care to Share Program <br /> 9. OWASA Supports Western North Carolina <br /> 10. Key Infrastructure Updates <br /> Update on OWASA's Community Survey: OWASA's Community Survey is out in the community! We <br /> expect the survey results and analysis in March. The goals of the survey are to determine the <br /> community's perception of the value that OWASA provides, and of our customer service support; how <br /> the community prefers doing business with and receiving information from OWASA; and customers' <br /> perception of OWASA's service reliability, preparedness and responsiveness. The survey results will <br /> inform priorities in customer service, communications, and service in the field in the coming years. This <br /> survey will be repeated every three years to identify how OWASA's initiatives are impacting perceptions <br /> in the community. <br /> PFAS Monitoring and Drinking Water Treatment Project: OWASA continues our quarterly monitoring of <br /> PFAS compounds in our reservoirs,treated drinking water, wastewater, and biosolids. In particular,we <br /> are paying close attention to the six PFAS compounds in the EPA's Maximum Contaminant Limits (MCLS) <br /> for drinking water that will go into effect in 2029. OWASA's fourth quarter PFAS monitoring results for <br /> drinking water showed PFOS and PFOA at 3.2 and 3.4 ppt respectively, both below the MCLs. PFHxS, <br /> PFNA and PFBS were not detected this past quarter. HFPO-DA(GenX) has never been detected in Cane <br /> Creek Reservoir or OWASA's treated drinking water.These values are all lower-than-average PFAS <br /> 400 Jones Ferry Road,Carrboro,NC 27510 0 919-968-4421 O info@owasa.org 10 @QWASA_NC 0 www.owasa.org <br />