Town Of Cary - South Cary WWTP
Apex, NC · Wake County · Publicly Owned Treatment Works
- Average flow
- 5.1 MGD
- Design flow
- 12.8 MGD
- NPDES permit
- NC0065102
- Effective
- Permit expires
- April 2028
- Population served
- 70,417
- CWNS 2022
Town Of Cary - South Cary WWTP is a publicly owned wastewater treatment works in Apex, Wake County, North Carolina treating an average of 5.1 million gallons per day against a permitted design capacity of 12.8 MGD, serving about 70,417 residents. Treatment on site includes clarifiers, uncovered lagoons. It discharges under NPDES permit NC0065102 (effective), which expires in April 2028, with 0 recorded violations in the last three years.
Treatment technology
Treatment structures identified at this facility. Exact unit counts are available in Klarifi.
Compliance snapshot (last 3 years)
- Total violations
- 0
- Effluent violations
- 0
Based on NPDES Discharge Monitoring Reports. Full violation history, parameters and discharge data available in the Klarifi platform.
Capital improvement projects in Apex
Apex's capital improvement plan lists 24 water, sewer and wastewater line items worth $48M starting 2025–2031. The largest budgeted items are shown here.
All water and sewer capital projects in Apex →
| Project | Budget | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Elevated Water Storage Tank #5 | $12,660,000 | 2026–2030 |
| Old Raleigh Road Water Line Replacement | $5,360,000 | 2027–2028 |
| Waterline Gaps (US 64/Salem) | $4,630,000 | 2027–2031 |
| U-5825: Ten-Ten Road Widening Utility Relocation | $4,100,000 | 2031–2031 |
| U-5301: US 64 Corridor Improvements Utility Relocation | $3,870,000 | 2029–2031 |
Full project details — scope, funding source, engineering consultant and the decision-makers behind each project — are available in Klarifi, along with similar wastewater capital projects in other cities.
Key contacts
Decision-makers at Town Of Cary - South Cary WWTP.
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Town Of Cary - South Cary WWTP: frequently asked questions
Sources and methodology
Flow, permit and violation figures come from the EPA's ICIS-NPDES discharge monitoring records. Population served comes from the Clean Watersheds Needs Survey 2022. Treatment structures are identified by Klarifi's review of aerial imagery, and capital improvement projects are extracted from published municipal budget documents. Violations are counted over the last three years of monitoring reports.
Data refreshed September 11, 2026; facility record last updated September 11, 2026.