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Your Little Rock Wastewater provides several functions along
with multiple layers of services within each.
The primary function of the Operations Division is the treatment
of wastewater from customers of the LRW. Stanley Miller, Manager
of Operations, oversees the LRW's two treatment plants, Fourche
Creek and Adams Field. The combined average day design for
the plants is 52-million gallons per day (mgd) through a process
of mechanical, biological, and chemical treatment.
In 2003, the division:
- Maintained a compliance rating of 99.9 percent for the
National Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).
- Generated an estimated $730,000 cost savings by utilizing
biogas production to power the Fourche Creek treatment
process.
- Applied 5,821 dry tons of solids to land applications.
These soil nutrients were added to approximately 1,300
acres of wheat and Bermuda crops that were harvested as
cattle feed.
- Started process of upgrading Adams Field by having
a completed engineering report and an approved construction
loan of $23 million. The improvements will increase treatment
peak capacity from 72-mgd to 94-mgd and afford 14-mgd
in wet weather equalization.
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STONE WARD