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CFPUA offices to close for MLK Day

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority will be closed for business Monday, January 20, in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

CFPUA offices, including our customer service centers at 235 Government Center Dr. and 305 Chestnut St., will be closed throughout th...

UPDATE: Boil water advisory rescinded for Independence Mall

CFPUA has rescinded a precautionary boil water advisory for Independence Mall at 3500 Oleander Drive. 

Drinking water service in the area has been returned to normal. The advisory was originally issued Tuesday evening due to a water main break.

Per...

UPDATE: Boil Water Advisory rescinded for part of Water, Front streets

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has rescinded a precautionary boil water advisory for 106 Water Street and 201 and 205 N. Front Street in downtown Wilmington. Water service in the area has been returned to normal and notification will be hand-delivered...

UPDATE: Boil water advisory rescinded for Sawmill Point

A precautionary boil water advisory has been rescinded for Sawmill Point Condominiums at 1015 Nutt Street in downtown Wilmington. Drinking water service in the area has been returned to normal and notification will be hand-delivered by CFPUA staff to Sawm...

Ogden Park water station back in service

CFPUA’s water station in Ogden Park is back in service after being taken temporarily offline. The station had been out of service since Friday, December 27, to allow crews to make repairs. 

CFPUA’s water station at Veterans Par...

Update on Sanitary Sewer Overflow

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority (CFPUA) crews responded to and stopped a sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) that occurred from approximately 8:30 a.m. Tuesday, December 17, through 12:55 a.m. Thursday, December 19, at CFPUA’s Pump Station Number 10 (PS 10) ...

Crews on Tuesday working to stop sanitary sewer overflow

A sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is ongoing Tuesday, December 17, following a break in a 24-inch force main near One Tree Hill Way off of 23rd Street in the vicinity of EUE / Screen Gems Studios.

CFPUA staff and contractors’ crews are currently at the scene...

CFPUA marks major projects of 2019

As 2019 ends, we’re looking back on the projects and achievements that defined the year at Cape Fear Public Utility Authority. In the past 12 months, we broke ground on a major water treatment project, upgraded technology across our system, added hundreds...

Ribbon-cutting planned for U.S. 421 water and sewer expansion

Cape Fear Public Utility Authority and New Hanover County officials welcome the public to attend a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the U.S. 421 Water and Wastewater Utilities Expansion Project.

WHEN: Tuesday, December 10 at 10:30 a.m.

WHERE: CFPUA Pump Station ...

CFPUA board approves construction contract, bond sale for GAC filters

The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority Board on Wednesday awarded a $35.9 million construction contract to Adams-Robinson Enterprises Inc. for a project to add eight new deep-bed granular activated carbon (GAC) filters at Sweeney Water Treatment Plant to ...