Clean Water




STORMWATER




Our Watershed



Wastewater



Clean water in Oxford
A changing target
The global challenge
Why does it cost so much?

What is Stormwater?
You Can Reduce Pollution
Tar-Pam Stormwater Rules
Report a Problem

What is a watershed?
Tar-Pamlico River Basin
Fishing Creek

Historical solutions
System upgrades
Oxford's NEW PLANT
Design and specifications
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Construction Progress Report -
June 2006


Parshall flume at the headworks

Workers are completing the parshall flume at the heaworks. The headworks is where all the water from Oxford's sewer system enters the plant.


Bar screen and grit collector at the headworks

The bar screen and grit collector at the headworks will remove
trash and grit from the water before it is pumped into the plant for treatment.


UV Disinfection tanks

The new plant adds UV disinfection to the treatment process.
It will produce a cleaner, safer effluent to meet new regulations
for water quality.


View of tertiary filter

The tertiary filter tanks are near to completion.


Construction Progress Updates:

- Early August 2006
- July 2006
- June 2006
- February 2006
- January 2006
- December 2005