Attention Mebane citizens and utility customers.
UPDATE!!!
• Mebane Fire Station 2 – 405 N. First St. (8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.)
• Summit Church – 1485 Mebane Oaks Dr. (Open July 10, 9a .m. to 4 p.m.)
Mebane Arts and Community Center, Mebane Fire Station 2, and the Alamance Chamber located in Burlington.
This is a CodeRED emergency call from the City of Mebane declaring the implementation of the City of Mebane Water Shortage Response Plan – Declaration of Rationing Stage V, with mandatory restrictions effective immediately.
The Graham-Mebane Water Treatment Plant remains under repair due to flooding during Tropical Storm Chantal. With the water treatment plant still under repair, the City has less than 2 days of drinking water at current usage. Due to the limited amount of water available to the City, the City Manager is issuing a public declaration of water shortage as provided in the City of Mebane Water Shortage Plan adopted by the City Council in 2019 to more effectively protect the health and safety of our residents and to place in effect the restrictive provisions within the plan.The restrictions could remain in place for multiple days until the Water Treatment Plant is producing potable drinking water; all industries, businesses, offices, and non-residential units should cease operations. The exceptions are for grocery stores, health care facilities, and drug stores.The Water Shortage Response Plan requires residents and businesses not to use any water other than limited drinking purposes when bottled water is not available, limited restroom usage (not including showers), and required medical usage. We urge everyone to use bottled water or other alternative sources. City personnel and local law enforcement will enforce the Water Shortage Plan. All regulations will continue until the Graham-Mebane Water Treatment plant is back in operation, and we have no estimated date at this time.The City is receiving bottled water and identifying distribution sites. We will share more information as soon as possible.As a reminder, the City of Mebane, Alamance County, and Orange County remain under a State of Emergency.
𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐞𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐁𝐨𝐢𝐥 𝐖𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐂𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐤 𝐒𝐮𝐛𝐝𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐚 𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐰𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭.
The results from the State testing now allow for the Boil Water Advisory to be lifted.
Residents should continue with zero-level water usage until the Graham-Mebane Water Treatment Plant can produce potable drinking water. There is no timeline estimate for the plant's return to operation.
Update on Graham – Mebane Water Treatment Plant Partial Operations :
A pump at the Graham – Mebane Water Treatment Plant has now begun to be utilized in order to provide limited drinking water to the City of Mebane water system. This water is being pumped from a water storage facility at the plant, but the Graham – Mebane Water Treatment Plant has not reached a point where it can generate new potable water. The City of Mebane system continues to be connected to the Orange Alamance Water Authority and City of Burlington via a low-pressure system. As such, the City is requesting citizens to continue conserving water via the use of zero level water usage until the Graham – Mebane Water Treatment Plant is repaired. The goal is to have the plant fully operational as soon as possible.
The Boiled Water Advisory for only Brighton Place Apartments and Mill Creek Subdivision remains in place as a result of a water main line repair. The City of Mebane will advise when this Boil Water Advisory is lifted. The Boil Water Advisory only applies to Bright Place Apartments and Mill Creek Subdivision.
