Wastewater Program

 Wastewater Services

The North Carolina Rural Water Association’s Wastewater Training and Technical Assistance Section provides on-site technical assistance and training to small rural and municipal wastewater systems across North Carolina.  Our goals are to promote proper wastewater treatment, to increase the operational knowledge of system personnel, to increase the management skills and knowledge of board members and system personnel, to increase the professionalism of wastewater and system personnel, and to promote evironmental stewardship across the state of North Carolina.

Training:
Seminars statewide
(DWQ approved contact hour sponsor)

Treatment Facilities:
Process controls
Operation and maintenance
Lab compliance
Record keeping

Collection System:
Smoke testing
Camera inspection
Flow monitoring
Operation and maintenance
Inflow and Infiltration
investigation

Management:
Regulatory compliance
Rate evaluation
Environmental issues
Funding procurement

Equipment Loan:
Samplers
Smoke blowers
Flow meters
Basic lab equipment

Spill Response Template

Grade I Plant Tour

Important Links to the Division of Water Quality (DWQ)

DWQ Watewater Section

Certified Operators Lists

Collection Systems Home Page

Pretreatment Home Page

Land Application Home Page

Notes from Training

Odor Control

Lagoons

Collections System Permit Review

Smoke Testing (part 1)
Smoke Testing (part 2)

Fats, Oils, & Greases (part 1)
Fats, Oils, & Greases (part 2)

If you are in need of any wastewater assistance please contact:

Dwight Lancaster, Wastewater Technician 

at 919-812-2717 or dwightlancaster@ncrwa.com

Fred Summers, Wastewater Technician 

at 919-812-5119 or  fredsummers@ncrwa.com