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Clayton council approves extension of Raleigh wastewater agreement to 2040
Summary
The council approved Resolution 2025-111 to extend an interlocal wastewater agreement with Raleigh through 2040, keeping a 1,750,000 gallons-per-day bulk-treatment allocation and allowing case-by-case approval for certain industrial pharmaceutical flows, the town's water director said.
The Clayton Town Council voted to extend its interlocal wastewater agreement with the City of Raleigh through 2040, a move town staff said will provide operational redundancy and flexibility for the town's planned Sam's Branch wastewater expansion.
Joshua Baird, the town's water resources director, told the council the agreement currently allows Clayton to send 1,750,000 gallons per day (gpd) to Raleigh for treatment and is scheduled to terminate in 2027. The amendment approved Tuesday keeps the 1,750,000 gpd bulk-treatment amount unchanged and moves the termination date to 2040.
"The item before you tonight is an actual extension of that agreement from 2027 to 2040," Baird said, explaining the added time gives Clayton more flexibility on timing for Sam's Branch phases and reduces pressure to accelerate capital work.
Baird told the council the town is completing a first phase at Sam's Branch of about 6,000,000 gpd and forecasts total treatment capacity of roughly 9,000,000 gpd when that work is finished. He said the town's current discharge permit allows up to 10,000,000 gpd and staff have requested speculative limits from the state for future permitting.
The amendment also removes an absolute prohibition on pharmaceutical and certain industrial process flows, instead allowing those discharges on a case-by-case basis with approval by the Raleigh Water director. Baird described technical work and regional modeling involving Raleigh and Johnston County that supported the change.
Miss Archer moved to adopt Resolution 2025-111 and an unnamed councilmember seconded. The mayor called for the vote; councilmembers responded "aye" and the mayor declared the motion carried, authorizing the town manager to execute the agreement and related administrative items.
Town staff told the council the extension is intended to provide operational redundancy if portions of the town's treatment plant need maintenance and to offer rate-stabilization timing benefits for future phases of Sam's Branch. Final action by the City of Raleigh was expected on their agenda the night after Clayton's meeting, staff noted.
The council took no further public comment on the item before voting. The amendment and the resolution approved at the meeting are now to be executed administratively by the town manager, pending completion of final paperwork.
