OWASA is releasing more water from its hydrants ... The musty, or earthy, taste is related to the spring growth of algae in the Cane Creek Reservoir and University Lake, they said.

In its most recent quarterly report released in October, the Orange Water and Sewer Authority said it would soon develop treatment technology to upgrade its water treatment plant and reduce the ...

An OWASA employee checks one of the treatment tanks at the Mason Farm Wastewater Treatment Plant on Morgan Creek in southeastern Chapel Hill. Duke scientists found perfluorinated chemicals in a ...