Since 2010, the Town of Holly Springs, N.C. has been operating its wastewater treatment plant as a water reclamation facility, treating the sewage to less-than-potable standards for use in irrigation and industrial applications. The town distributed approximately 40 million gallons of reclaimed water in 2012, saving $75,000 in potable water purchase costs and reducing the environmental impact of discharging water into nearby Utley Creek.
As a bedroom community 20 miles outside of Raleigh and near several universities, Holly Springs has seen steady population growth in the past two decades. In the late 1990s,
