The wastewater system for the Town of Denton incorporates approximately 7 miles of lines pump stations and an 800,000 gallon per day treatment plant.

Under the wastewater permits the Town operates an Industrial Pretreatement Program. This means that if an industry meats certain criteria it must submit to testing and analysis of it's discharged process wastewater. A wastewater system and it's treatment facility are vital to protecting our State's waterways. Industrial users, depending on the products they produce, can discharge hazardous wastes into the sewer collection system, thus the need for a program to ensure their compliance.

Denton also operates a Land Application of Residuals Program. This program is permitted and enforced by the State of North Carolina Department of Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality, Aquifer Protection Section. Every wastewater treatment facility produces a waste that comes from the treatment of wastewater. This by-product is extremely high in Nitrogen and Phosphorus, the main ingredients in fertilizer. This makes these "bio-solids" a usable commodity. We land apply these bio-solids on a farmers land just outside of Denton. There is very little, if any odor due to that this is NOT waste but a product that is produced from treatment of the wastewater.

The wastewater treatment plant, located at the end of Council Access Road is an Extended Air Biological treatement plant. It is also permitted and falls under the scrutiny of the State of North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources, Division of Water Quality.

All of the programs operated by the Town are subject to inspection and enforcement by the permitting agency(s) of the Department of Environment and Natural Resourses, EPA, OSHA and NC Department of Labor. Past inspection reports are available from the State inspecting facilities.

Each wastewater program in Denton has an Operator in Responsible Charge (ORC) and Back-up ORC as ordered by the State of North Carolina. 

Permit No's.

Wastewater Treatment Plant NPDES Permit No. NC0026689  

Wastewater Collection System Permit No. WQCS00223

Land Application of Residuals Permit No. WQ0016966