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2 FEBRUARY 24 - MARCH 1, 2016 WWW.UPANDCOMINGWEEKLY.COM PWC offers a number of incentive programs to help customers reduce consumption while at the same time putting some cash back in their wallets! Learn more about the High Efficiency Toilet Program, our ENERGY STAR® Appliance Programs, and the Refrigerator Program (just to name a few) at faypwc. com. Click the "Incentives" link on the Home Page, and remember to check back often for new customer incentives! Need Help? Call NC 211 Safe Drinking Water - Our Commitment to Customers PWC Incentive Programs Earn Bill Credits & Reduce Your Bill faypwc.com Pouring grease, oil or fat down the drain? OUCH! It can block our sewer lines, causing wastewater to back up. And that can hurt our drinking water at its source. It can harm the environment and your property, too. Wastewater overflow is costly to clean up, which could also hurt our committed efforts to keep your rates down. That's why at PWC, we urge you to pour grease, oil or fat into a disposable container. Not down the drain. Grease... It's a Pain in the Drain. Cumberland County residents can dial 2-1-1 for FREE! NC211 is a 24-hour, multilingual telephone referral service that offers information about: • Affordable high quality child care • Counseling and support groups • Health services • Food, clothing, and housing • Services for seniors and the disabled Visit NC211 online at www.nc211.org for additional information including a referral database of hundreds of health and human service programs. Fayetteville PWC is a member of the Partnership for Safe Drinking Water and is committed to treating water to a higher standard than the EPA requires. In fact, PWC has been honored for maintaining the standards of the program's Director's Award for more than a decade. Where Our Water Comes From & How it is Treated PWC treats surface water from the Cape Fear River and the Glenville Lake. Water is treated at PWC's P.O. Hoffer Water Treatment Facility and Glenville Lake Water Treatment Facility. PWC uses the disinfection method chloramination, which uses both ammonia and chlorine. Chloraminated drinking water is safe for drinking, cooking, bathing and other daily uses. If water treated with this method is used for medical dialysis or first/ and aquatic pets, it requires pre-treatment to remove the ammonia. Annual Water Treatment Process Change During March Each year, PWC is required to temporarily stop adding ammonia to its water treatment disinfection process by the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources. Beginning Tuesday, March 1, 2016, PWC will stop the addition of ammonia and will resume adding it to the water treatment process on Friday, April 1, 2016. Water customers should be aware that during March, there could still be traces of ammonia in the water that would need to be removed prior to the water being used in fish aquariums and ponds, kidney dialysis and some commercial manufactur- ing of food and bever- age. Customers with ques- tions about this required procedure may contact PWC at 910-483-1382. Additional information can be found on the PWC website. The Cape Fear River Plug In Your Car For FREE Its never been easier to hit the open road if you own a plug-in electric vehicle! Through a grant from the NC Clean Energy Technology Center, and a partnership with the City of Fayetteville, and Marketfair Mall, you can now charge your electric vehicle at one of PWC's four new Level 2 (208/240 volt) charging stations for FREE! Locations Marketfair Mall 5084 Campground Road Honeycutt Park 352 Devers Street Lake Rim Park 2214 Tar Kiln Drive Clark Park 631 Sherman Drive