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2 <br /> OWASA Orange Water and Sewer Authority <br /> -- - <br /> Our community's trusted partner for clean water and environmental protection <br /> Mayor Jessica Anderson Mayor Barbara Foushee Chair Jean Hamilton <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 2026 Quarterly Report to Local Governments <br /> January 30, 2026 <br /> Dear Mayor Anderson, Mayor Foushee, and Chair Hamilton: <br /> We are pleased to submit this update on our services, projects, and initiatives since October 2025.This <br /> report includes updates on the following items: <br /> 1. Water Treatment Plant Construction: New Clearwell and Advanced Treatment for PFAS <br /> 2. UNC Study of PFAS in Local Drinking Water Wells <br /> 3. Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging at OWASA <br /> 4. Galvanized Service Line Replacement Program to Launch <br /> 5. Addressing Morgan Creek Flooding Following Tropical Storm Chantal <br /> 6. OWASA's Standards and Specifications for Developers, Contractors and Engineers <br /> 7. Southern Area Sewer Planning Study <br /> 8. Considerations on Reimbursement for Water and Sewer System Development/Extension <br /> 9. Water Bill Assistance: Care to Share and Plans for a Water Bill Relief Pilot Proiect <br /> 10. Capital Improvement Proiects <br /> Water Treatment Plant Construction: New Clearwell and Advanced Treatment for PFAS <br /> Two major construction projects are on the horizon for OWASA's Jones Ferry Road campus: the board- <br /> approved replacement of the aging Clearwell,which stores and disinfects drinking water before it is <br /> distributed to the community, and, potentially, an advanced drinking water treatment facility that would <br /> more efficiently remove PFAS and other constituents.These facilities were initially planned to be <br /> constructed concurrently, but the successful use of powdered activated carbon (PAC)to effectively treat <br /> A400 Jones Ferry Road,Carrboro,NC 27510 0 919-968-4421 O info@owasa.org 0 @OWASA_NC 0 www.owasa.org <br />