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About Us
The YADKIN VALLEY SEWER AUTHORITY (YVSA) oversees approximately eighty-five
(85) miles of sewer lines. There are approximately fifty (50) miles of sewer in Elkin (inside
Surry County), twenty-five (25) miles in Jonesville (inside Yadkin County), and a five (5) mile
force main to Ronda (inside Wilkes County) along with five (5) miles of sewer within the town
limits.
What Do We Do?
April 19th, 2006 to establish the Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority—with a mission of providing adequate, efficient and cost-effective sewer service to the three towns of Elkin, Jonesville and Ronda.
The Yadkin Valley Sewer Authority is unique in that it not only joins three separate towns cooperating on a single project but also joins their three counties—Surry, Wilkes and Yadkin. The Authority allows Elkin, Jonesville and Ronda to consolidate their wastewater into one central treatment facility and have only one site for discharging treated water into the Yadkin River. The Authority operates under one joint discharge permit, eliminating not only the need for two other permits, but two other discharge sites.
Wastewater Treatment Plant Process
Industry, households, and commercial establishments discharge wastewater into a system of drains, pipes, and pumping stations (a wastewater collection system) that channel the flow to the wastewater treatment plant. At that plant, the wastewaters are treated and discharged into surface waters. Solids removed from the wastewater during treatment are either disposed of or used productively.
"We Keep It Flowing"
Did You Know?
CAPACITY
The Waste Water Treatment Plant is a 1.8 MGD design capacity biological treatment system currently averaging 0.763 MGD.
COMPLIANCE
The Water Treatment Plant has an excellent record for complying with with state and federal regulations.
HISTORY
The YVSA has a history of safe and reliable treatment performance.
GROWTH
The YVSA is in a strategic position and holds the available capacity to grow.
KNOW WHAT TO FLUSH!
The toilet is only meant to flush the three P’s—pee, poop and (toilet) paper. Human waste and toilet paper should be the only thing going down the toilet. Unfortunately, over the years, people have turned the toilet into a trash can. From medications and sanitary products to deceased pet fish and cigarette butts, if it fits, people flush it.
Flushing these types of items down the toilet causes home pipes to clog, wastes water (up to 5 gallons of water every time you flush) and most importantly can have a huge impact on our sewers and not to mention our ocean.
The toilet is not the only drain that people are using to get rid of unwanted waste; people are also known to use the kitchen sink as a trash can. Since the invention of the garbage disposal, which claims to grind even the hard stuff such as small bones and fruit peels, people have turned the sink drain into a common destination for kitchen waste. Again, as long as it fits, people throw it or pour it down the drain. Letting trash flow and go down the kitchen sink (or any other drain in the house) may cause pipes to clog and can eventually lead to sewage spills that harm the environment.
The only other things that should be going down the drain are soap and water!