Wednesday, October 21, 2026

CFPUA offices to close early on Friday

The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority has detected high levels of 1,4-dioxane in the Cape Fear River (Port City Daily photo | Benjamin Schachtman)
The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s offices, including its customer service center, will be closing early this Friday, Oct. 2, due to staff attending an employee-appreciation event. (Port City Daily/File)

WILMINGTON — The Cape Fear Public Utility Authority’s offices, including its customer service center, will be closing early this Friday, Oct. 2, due to staff attending an employee-appreciation event.

CFPUA’s hours will be 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. on Friday and will reopen at 8:30 a.m. Monday, Oct. 5.

Customers can still access and manage accounts online here, or by calling 910-332-6550 and using the interactive voice-response system.

Emergencies can still be reported to the hotline at 910-322-6565.


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Shea Carver
Shea Carver
Shea Carver is the editor in chief at Port City Daily. A UNCW alumna, Shea worked in the print media business in Wilmington for 22 years before joining the PCD team in October 2020. She specializes in arts coverage — music, film, literature, theatre — the dining scene, and can often be tapped on where to go, what to do and who to see in Wilmington. When she isn’t hanging with her pup, Shadow Wolf, tending the garden or spinning vinyl, she’s attending concerts and live theater.

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