As environmental pressures increase and water resources come under greater stress, wastewater dischargers across North Carolina have joined as coalitions to conduct watershed monitoring and increase their roles in water management.One such coalition is the Middle Cape Fear River Basin Association (MCFRBA). It includes 18 industrial and municipal dischargers that together monitor 35 stations monthly in a 2,036-square-mile area of the basin. Before the association was formed, these dischargers were required by their NPDES permits to monitor water bodies upstream and downstream of their outfall pipes. They submitted the data to the North Carolina Division of Water Quality (DWQ), and
