Black Creek Area (Lake Crabtree) in Cary. Drinking water concerns? (Raleigh: apartment complex, chapel)
Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill, CaryThe Triangle Area
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HI guys.
A little late to ask this question as I have been living in Cary for almost a year,
but where I live is an apartment complex on the black creek trail near lake crabtree.
Is there any concerns with drinking water? Does the drinking water in any way pull from the lake or does Cary have sewer or some other kind of water?
Sorry, I know nothing about these things and randomly got a little paranoid this morning thinking about it!
"Cary's main water supply is B. Everett Jordan Lake. The Cary/Apex Water Treatment Facility (C/A WTF) treats water from Jordan Lake for Cary, Apex, Morrisville, RTP South and Durham."
Lake Crabtree is a flood control lake not used for drinking water in any wayand takes a ton of runoff from parking lots, yards, etc and is downstream from a site where PCBs were not handled appropriately. That specific site is cleaned up now IIRC, but there were still PCBs going into the lake at one time. Between that and the current runoff, I would not advise eating fish caught in it, but it's OK if you are on it using a boat or paddle board or fall in.
Yeah... the water in Lake Crabtree is NOT fit to drink. I live nearby. I can tell you that the water here tends to smell kinda gross, though. We have a whole-house filter and it gets rid of the problem. I notice it even in Cary restaurants over on this side of town. No idea why. I never order tap water when dining out. Just bottled. Water tastes fine. Just smells weird.
I do have a really sensitive nose, as does my husband, so maybe it would not bother you at all.
The water filtration system definitely fixes it, though.
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HI guys.
A little late to ask this question as I have been living in Cary for almost a year,
but where I live is an apartment complex on the black creek trail near lake crabtree.
Is there any concerns with drinking water? Does the drinking water in any way pull from the lake or does Cary have sewer or some other kind of water?
Sorry, I know nothing about these things and randomly got a little paranoid this morning thinking about it!
Thanks so much for any info.
I should hope Cary's drinking water isn't sewer water.
For reference, offhand, the various Triangle towns primarily draw water from the following sources:
Raleigh (also Garner, Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, Wendel, and Zebulon) - Falls Lake
Durham - Lake Michie, Little River Reservoir, Teer Quarry, and Jordan Lake
Chapel Hill - Cane Creek Reservoir, University Lake, Quarry Reservoir, and Jordan Lake
Cary - Jordan Lake
Hillsborough - West Fork Eno Reservoir, Lake Orange
I should hope Cary's drinking water isn't sewer water.
For reference, offhand, the various Triangle towns primarily draw water from the following sources:
Raleigh (also Garner, Wake Forest, Rolesville, Knightdale, Wendel, and Zebulon) - Falls Lake
Durham - Lake Michie, Little River Reservoir, Teer Quarry, and Jordan Lake
Chapel Hill - Cane Creek Reservoir, University Lake, Quarry Reservoir, and Jordan Lake
Cary - Jordan Lake
Hillsborough - West Fork Eno Reservoir, Lake Orange
Several cities release treated wastewater in to the Jordan Lake watershed. Unless you're at the absolute top of a watershed, you're drinking treated wastewater.
Several cities release treated wastewater in to the Jordan Lake watershed. Unless you're at the absolute top of a watershed, you're drinking treated wastewater.
I always figured this was the case, but is that why Cary does that huge chlorine (I think that's what it is) treatment every spring?
For some sort of added cleaning of the system?
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Several cities release treated wastewater in to the Jordan Lake watershed. Unless you're at the absolute top of a watershed, you're drinking treated wastewater.
Yep, Greensboro, Burlington, Chapel Hill, and half of Durham all dump their treated wastewater upstream of Jordan Lake.
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I always figured this was the case, but is that why Cary does that huge chlorine (I think that's what it is) treatment every spring?
For some sort of added cleaning of the system?
Cary traditionally uses a combination of chlorine and ammonia for treating water. But for a few weeks each March, they switch to chlorine only in order to flush the systems of ammonia and ammonia byproducts. Many other municipalities do similar cleansing cycles.
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