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The Weight of Water
Southern Communities that Offer Excess Water Capacity
for Industry
By Trisha Ostrowski and Charles Dexter Ward
Water: we can't take it for granted anymore. In fact, water
has become such a weighty issue in recent times that states
are now fighting over rights to it.
Why? They realize that economic growth and stability are
at stake. The ability of a state and its communities to stay
viable, and vibrant depends largely on the water capacity
available for industry.
In the past, water may not have made the "top five"
on your site criteria list. Now, chances are good that it
has gained importance. Even five years ago, few people in
the business and political arenas were thinking about water
issues. But with the droughts and water shortages of the last
few years, it's become apparent that companies must start
paying attention to water realities.
Today, a great location has to have enough water to make
your company secure in locating there now and in expanding
there in the future. Identifying a community with reliable
water quantity and quality also translates into those two
beautiful little words-COST SAVINGS. A good supply can mean
a greater stability in rates.
"Water is essential for every industry, but especially
for semiconductor plants, paper processing, chemicals, plastics,
biotech and some metalworking facilities," explains Bob
Goforth, site consultant and partner in Leak-Goforth, Inc.
"Virtually every company today requires adequate water
for fire protection, sanitation, and processing.
"Fortunately, water is more plentiful in the South than
in other regions, especially the West," Goforth continues.
"I haven't heard of any place in the South with real
water problems. There are many communities in every southern
state that have systems large enough to accommodate water-intensive
projects. We're also blessed with good rivers and good aquifers
throughout the region."
At the request of our readers, SB&D went in search of
communities across the South that promise adequate water both
now and for the future. These markets are exceptional because
of the attention they are giving to water issues and the investment
of time and resources they are making in water projects.
If you are searching for a great southern location, especially
a community rich in water resources, one of these featured
communities might just be perfect for your next project.
Alabama
Florence
Florence, Alabama overlooks the Tennessee
River-the fifth largest in the United States. Bordering two
reservoirs, average flow at this point is over 50,000 cubic
feet per second.
Source: Tennessee River and Cypress Creek, which empties
into the Tennessee River.
Provider: Florence Utilities
Supply: "virtually limitless"
Capacity: up to 40 percent greater than current demand
Arkansas
Jonesboro
Jonesboro is the largest
city in Arkansas that uses ground wells instead of surface
water as a raw water source.
Source: 24 ground source wells
Provider: City Water & Light Plant of the City
of Jonesboro
Supply: 2,000 - 10,000 mgd
Capacity: 33 mgd
Demand: 12 mgd
Texarkana
Texarkana has a boulevard that literally divides
it between Arkansas and Texas. Here, Texarkana Water Utilities
(TWU) has all the water rights from Lake Wright Patman and
the option to purchase an additional 30 mgd from the Southwest
Arkansas Water District.
Source: Lake Wright Patman and Millwood Lake
Supply: Texarkana Water Utilities and Southwest Arkansas
Water District
Capacity: 33mgd
Demand: 12.5 mgd (maximum 26.5 mgd)
Little Rock
Current supply and treatment capabilities in Little Rock
are more than double average-day demands and exceed all-time
peak usage. In addition, the community has 22 water towers
and 20 remote booster-pumping stations strategically located
within a 360 square-mile service area laced with more than
2,200 miles of pipe.
In 2002 the community completed $20 million in capital improvements
with a second $7 million intake structure project scheduled
for completion in December 2003. The billion-dollar future-source
project will include the purchase of water
rights as well as the construction of pumping and transmission
facilities.
Source: Lake Maumelle, Lake Winona, and Jackson Reservoir
Supply: 238 mgd
Capacity: 174 mgd
Demand: 64 mgd (all time peak 121.7 mgd)
Florida
Jacksonville
Metropolitan Jacksonville sits on top on the
Floridian aquifer-one of the major sources of groundwater
in the United States. This makes Jacksonville an irresistible
business location for thirsty industries. The aquifer's impervious
layers protect the groundwater from contamination.
The area's largest water provider relies almost solely on
ground storage reservoirs and boasts a transmission and distribution
system that has multiple water treatment plants and interconnecting
grids, providing a high level of redundancy.
Source: The Floridan Aquifer
Provider: JEA is the largest water provider in the
area. Other government and privately owned utilities serve
the remaining parts of the region.
Supply: "very significant"
Capacity: "significant"
Gulf County/Port St. Joe
Near the top of the state's Gulf coast, tiny Port St.
Joe, also has lots of water available thanks to a
paper mill that closed nearly four years ago. Now, the community
has 35 million gallons per day of excess water available.
Source: Chipola River
Provider: City of Port St. Joe Water Department
Excess Capacity: 35 mgd
Georgia
La Grange
La Grange offers excess water capacity for
industry thanks to a 1992 expansion that increased its West
Point Lake storage reservoir capacity to 22 million gallons
per day.
Source: West Point Lake/Chattahoochee River
Provider: City of La Grange
Supply: 40 mgd
Capacity: Adequate for 20+ years at current growth
rates
Macon
When Macon's treatment plant flooded in 1994,
the community built a new one in a location 80 feet higher.
As a result, the city now has excess capacity of approximately
28 million gallons per day for Bibb County industry. The new
water treatment plant is state-of-the-art. Its design provides
the highest quality of water and can be easily modified for
additional capacity (up to 90 mgd) to accommodate industry
or any future system expansion.
Source: The Okmulgee River
Provider: Macon Water Authority
Capacity: 60 mgd
Demand: 32 mgd
Hawkinsville
The City of Hawkinsville in central Georgia
is permitted by Georgia Environmental Protection Department
to withdraw 1.850 million gallons of water per day, but its
monthly average and average actual withdrawal rate is only
.75 million gallons per day. With two elevated 300,000-gallon
storage tanks, the community's two-well system provides outstanding
reliability. Hawkinsville also boasts an ongoing distribution
system improvement program.
Source: Cretaceous sand aquifer
Provider: The City of Hawkinsville
Capacity: "exceptional"
Gainesville/Hall County
Less than an hour northeast of Atlanta, the City of Gainesville
and Hall County have one of the best water supplies
in the southeastern United States. As the business hub for
Northeast Georgia, Gainesville is also very progressive in
planning for and constructing the type of water system necessary
to support local industry needs. The city boasts two intakes;
two water treatment plants, nearly 1,000 miles of pipe, and
over 28 million gallons of storage. Also, the city has an
extensive distribution network that can serve most any area
of Hall County.
Gainesville's newest plant, the Lakeside Water Treatment
Plant, came on-line in September 2003. Its other facility,
the 25 mgd Riverside Water Treatment Plant, was originally
constructed in the mid-50s, but has been regularly updated
with the latest project completed in mid-2002. Due to the
continual upgrade and maintenance, this community's water
reliability is second to none.
In addition, the city's five-year Capital Improvements Plan
(CIP) is updated annually. The CIP includes all planned expansions
including one to increase capacity at the Lakeside Treatment
Plant from 10 mgd to 20 mgd sometime within the next five
to seven years depending upon demand.
Source: Lake Sydney Lanier, "one of the most significant
and reliable water reservoirs in the southeastern United States"
Provider: City of Gainesville's Public Utilities Department
Capacity: 35 mgd
Demand: 17.5 mgd (average) - 28mgd (summer peak)
Treatment: Pre-treatment not required; treatment plants
use traditional chemical flocculation, sedimentation, filtration,
and disinfection process.
Pressure: "regularly exceeds 90-100 psi"
Rates: $1.70 per 100 cf (inside city) and $3.11 per
100 cf (outside city) based on a flat rate structure with
neither declining nor inclining modifier.
For more information, contact William Bagwell, vice president
of economic development Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce at
770-532-6206 or bagwell@ghcc.com
. The Chamber's Web site is located at www.ghcc.com.
Kansas
Kansas City
Kansas City may be best known for being in
two states at the same time.But, this city should also be
known for having the world's largest horizontal collector
well, which draws water from an aquifer located below the
Missouri River.
The local water utility also has more than 25 million gallons
of reserve water stored in reservoirs and elevated storage
tanks in various parts of the city. And, through committed
relationships with neighboring utilities, also has access
to interconnections to support the community should an emergency
occur.
Source: aquifer
Provider: Kansas City Board of Public Utilities
Capacity: 45 mgd
Demand: 28 mgd
Topeka
State capital Topeka overlooks the Kansas River,
so it can offfer plenty of water for the foreseeable future.
For the size of this community's system, it has a large amount
of treated and elevated storage-about 12 million gallons-and
another 8 million of ground-level storage.
Source: Kansas River
Provider: Topeka Water Supply
Capacity: 63 mgd
Demand: 25 mgd
Wichita
Wichita's Water Master Plan is updated every
five years to examine issues related to water supply, treatment
and distribution. Also, a 1993 Integrated Local Water Supply
Plan ensures capacity needs through 2050 and allows for innovative
projects such as Equus Beds Aquifer Recharge, Storage, and
Recovery Project, which will take excess flow from the Arkansas
River and store it in the Equus Beds aquifer for use during
times of high demand. It is currently projected to supply
an additional 100 mgd of raw water.
Wichita's is primarily a closed water system in which a combination
of a sophisticated computer program and variably frequency
drives controls high service pumping output to closely match
demand. This results in fewer and smaller pressure surges.
Kentucky
Russellville
In Russellville, an hour north of Nashville,
water-intensive industries will find a surplus of 5.5 million
gallons of water per day. The community is a member of the
recently completed Logan Todd Regional Water Commission, Inc.,
which consists of 12 individual municipal and rural water
districts, located in three counties. These districts have
collectively pooled their resources to construct a treatment,
distribution and storage system that is "state-of-the-art."
Present capacity of the treatment facility is 10 MGD with
design calculated to provide 20 MGD. Meanwhile, the City of
Russellville through CIMA (Consolidated Infrastructure Management
Authority) has access to more than 4 mgd storage capacity,
with new 16" and 18" treated water lines providing
ample pressure and volume for industry.
Source: Cumberland River and Lake Barkley Dam pool
Provider: City of Cookeville Department of Water Quality
Control
Supply: 20 mgd
Capacity: 10 mgd
Demand: 4-5 mgd
Louisvile
In 2002, the Louisville Water Company (LWC) delivered an
average of more than 130 mgd through 3,300 miles of water
mains. Active storage capacity for treated water now totals
58.98 million gallons in reservoirs, elevated tanks, and standpipes.
Keeping that system up-to-date and in good repair is vital
to Louisville. A $20.5 million program to increase
the capacity and improve facilities was approved in 2002.
Scheduled for completion by fall 2004, it will increase capacity
from the present 45 million gallons per day to 60 million
gallons per day. Meanwhile, LWC plans to spend $250 million
over the next 20 years. This includes renovation of the reservoirs
at the Crescent Hill water plant and continued servicing or
replacement of all water mains installed before 1935.
Another $140 million will be spent over the same period to
meet stricter water treatment standards. These plans include
a $30 million project to install riverbank infiltration wells
drilled through the aquifer and down to a tunnel adjacent
to the river, and a $13 million ultraviolet disinfection system
for water drawn from the Ohio River.
Source: Ohio River (and from a riverbank infiltration
well in the aquifer next to the Ohio River)
Provider: Louisville Water Company
Supply: "abundant, reliable" and expected
to meet all anticipated supply requirements "beyond the
21st century"
Capacity: 225 mgd
Demand: 130 mgd (average) 178 mgd (maximum)
Owensboro
On the banks of the Ohio River lies Owensboro.
As result of its location, according Eric Davis, president,
Greater Owensboro Chamber of Commerce & Industry, "we
have 17 million gallons of excess water available every day
that exceeds all EPA requirements," adding that "two
water treatment plants ensure its reliability and quantity."
Because Owensboro is a relatively flat area,
no pumping stations are needed. And with 15 million gallons
in storage and projected demands relatively flat, this community
offers plenty of excess capacity.
Source: 34 deep wells
Provider: Owensboro Municipal Utilities
Supply: 20 mgd
Capacity: 30 mgd
Demand: 13 mgd
Florence/Boone County
Part of the Cincinnati metro area, Florence
is located in Northern Kentucky where the water
district updates its Distribution System Master Plan every
three to five years to ensure capacity to meet 20-year projected
industry needs.
In addition, to meet the growing demands of unincorporated
Boone County and the City of Florence, the Cincinnati, Ohio
Water Works and the Boone-Florence Water Commission signed
a joint venture in 1999 that produced a $66 million project
enabling Cincinnati to pour 30 million gallons of treated
water a day into to the area through a five-mile pipe under
the Ohio River, fulfilling water requirements through 2030.
Source: Ohio River, Licking River, and Cincinnati
Water Works
Supply: 30 mgd
Provider: Northern Kentucky Water District and Boone
County Water District.
Capacity: 64 mgd (Northern Kentucky Water District)
(exceeds 2003 maximum demand by over 24 mgd)
Louisiana
Ascension Parish
Ascension Parish is home to a major industrial
area along the Mississippi River. This community has a strategic
plan, Ascension 2020, which is a vision toward a parish-wide
water and sewer system that will address water needs for growth.
Source: Mississippi River
Supply: "nearly limitless"
Capacity: supply for industrial applications greater
than demand
Jefferson Parish
Jefferson Parish has over 60 million gallons
of water available every day for industrial expansion. The
Parish includes the areas of East and West Jefferson, twin
cities that straddling the Mississippi River in southeast
Louisiana. Both East and West Jefferson water treatment plants
have on-site electrical generators, which are automatically
activated by the Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
System in the event of a power failure, thus preventing any
significant loss of water pressure in the distribution system.
Despite current demand of only 50 percent of capacity, West
Jefferson water treatment plant is completing at 17 million
gallons per day expansion, which will increase its capacity
from 44 mgd to 61 mgd.
Source: Mississippi River
Provider: Jefferson Parish Water Department
Supply: 2,000 - 10,000 mgd
Capacity: East Jefferson 87 mgd and West Jefferson
61 mgd
Demand: East Jefferson 43 mgd and West Jefferson 29
mgd
North Carolina
Asheville
Asheville has seen current demand for water
stabilize with consumption less than 50 percent of total capacity.
Its three sources provide clear, pristine water equal in quality
to any in the world.
As a result, projected demand can easily be handled with
current capacity and the existing high pressure, high flow
infrastructure that includes three treatment plants and over
1,700 miles of water main lines.
Source: two pristine mountain lakes and a mountain
river
Provider: Regional Water Authority of Asheville, Buncombe
and Henderson
Capacity: 43.5 mgd
Demand: 21 mgd
Greenville/Pitt County
The City of Greenville and Pitt County
have invested in water and wastewater treatment facilities
over the past two decades to accommodate growth-specifically
the biopharmaceutical industry.
Existing surplus capacities and planned improvements in the
area will satisfy projected demands beyond 2050. Also, the
community recently completed a $25 million water treatment
plant expansion and is currently developing a Cretaceous aquifer
storage system that will allow it to utilize excess water
treatment capacity at night and during the winter months and
pump it into underground aquifers capable of storing up to
half a million gallons of water for use during extreme droughts.
Source: Tar River (supplemented by eight groundwater
supply wells)
Provider: Greenville Utilities Commission (GUC)
Supply: 70 mgd (est. seven day, ten year minimum flow average)
with an additional one billion gallons available due to tidal
influence at the river intake
Capacity: 24.5 mgd (17.5 mgd treated wastewater)
Demand: 10.5 mgd (8 mgd treated wastewater)
Morganton
As Morganton's wastewater treatment expansion
was wrapping up in 1997, the loss of two textile plants reduced
the water capacity needs and leaving 5.5 mgd of treatment
capacity available. And, according to the local water supply
plan, Morganton has adequate supply for years to come. Even
at year 2050, demand is projected to be less than 60 percent
of capacity.
Source: Catawba River.
Provider: City of Morganton.
Capacity: 16 mgd (10.5 treated)
Demand: 8 mgd (5 treated mgd)
Valdese/Burke County
The Town of Valdese has a significant amount
of water capacity thanks to timely upgrades and expansions
of water treatment facilities, along with the exceptional
supply provided by Lake Rodehiss. Thousands of cubic feet
of water flow past the community's intake every day.
Water quality is also exceptional due to the limited development
along its basin shoreline and the lack of upstream wastewater
discharges. Also, the elevation of the region allows the area's
storage and distribution system to operate via gravity.
Source: Lake Rhodehiss (part of the Catawba River
chain supplied by Lake James)
Provider: The Town of Valdese
Wallace/Duplin County
In the Town of Wallace, a large textile dying
facility closed in 1998 "enabling us to welcome new industries
with something that is very rare for a town with a population
of only 3,300- 4 million gallons of excess water (and wastewater
treatment) a day" says Woody Brinson, executive director,
Duplin County Economic Development Commission.
The Town of Wallace serves as a regional water supplier,
selling bulk water to Duplin County, the Town of Teachey,
River Landing (a residential gated community and championship
golf course with a build-out of 1200 homes), and Pender County.
In addition, interconnection between the Town of Wallace system
and the Duplin County water system gives both capacity advantages.
"The Town of Wallace plans to construct an additional
500,000 elevated water storage tank within the next two years
to increase the available water supply and improve system
pressure," Brinson says. "Emergency backup generators
are also scheduled to be installed at all well sites and telemetries.
Meanwhile, the county system is presently adding two additional
wells and an additional 500,000 elevated water storage tank
to its system in the Wallace area."
Source: 10 deep wells in the Castle Hayne, Pee Dee,
and Black Creek aquifers.
Provider: Town of Wallace serves all industries within
the Town limits. The Town also serves some industries and
commercial businesses outside the Town limits. The Duplin
County Water Systems also serve some areas outside the Town,
including the SouthPark Business and Industry Center,
Capacity: in excess of 6-7 million gallons of water
(over 4 million gallons of excess treated wastewater)
Expansion Plans: Yes
Treatment: None needed, but State water quality regulations
require chlorinating.
Pressure: 55 psi in the commercial and industrial areas
Rates: comparable to other systems in Eastern North
Carolina that use groundwater as their source of water supply.
For more information: Contact Woody Brinson, executive director
of Duplin County Economic Development Commission at 910-296-2180
or wbrinson@duplinedc.com
. The County's Web site can be found at www.duplinedc.com.
Oklahoma
Idabel
An area abundant in streams, rivers, adn lakes surrounds
teh City of Idabel in southeastern Oklahoma.
The water there meets and exceeds all EPA and DEQ regulations.
In addition, the city has three storage tanks and pipe capacity
of 1.3 million gallons of water a day.
Source: Pine Creek Lake run-off water
Provider: The City of Idabel
Capacity: excessive of current demands
South Carolina
York County
York County, located on the S.C./N.C. border,
has water system capable of producing more than twice the
average daily demand. The storage and distribution system
includes four overhead water tanks with a total capacity of
1.3 million gallons and a ground storage tank with a capacity
of 600,000 gallons.
Source: Lake Caldwell (The City of Rock Hill provides
a back up source).
Provider: City of York
Capacity: 2.4 mgd
Demand: 1.1 mgd
Tennessee
Cookeville
The City of Cookeville has more than 1.2 million
acre-feet of usable storage thanks to duel 30-inch water lines
that feed its system simultaneously from the southern and
the western sides of the city. But, only 0.47 percent of that
is currently utilized. Even though Cookeville's watershed
is mostly situated in an urban setting, impacts on quality
are minimal.
Source: Center Hill Reservoir
Provider: City of Cookeville Department of Water Quality
Control
Supply: 1,254,000 acre-feet of usable storage (only
0.47 percent of that currently utilized by municipal or industrial
users)
Capacity: twice the state required storage capacity
Dyersburg
The City of Dyersburg has two water treatment
plants, one capable of treating five million gallons of water
per day and the other treating six million gallons per day.
Currently, demand is just over four mgd. In addition, the
city has seven wells that can produce over 23 mgd, giving
industry in Dyersburg an unlimited supply of water.
Source: Wells drawing from the Memphis Sand Aquifer
Provider: The City of Dyersburg
Capacity: About 34 mgd
Demand: About 4 mgd
Texas
Corpus Christi
Omar Garcia, vice president of the Corpus Christi
Regional Economic Development Commission, can explain the
value of having 30 million gallons of excess water per day
in two words-"jobs" and "investment."
"Admiral Linen invested $6 million and created 160 jobs
here based on the availability of water," he says, noting
that this Gulf Coast city has the fifth largest water treatment
facility in Texas. This size is required because the City
is a regional supplier of water in the South Texas area, and
because of its large industrial customer base-especially the
petrochemical refineries.
Provider: City of Corpus Christi Water Department
Capacity: 167 mgd (excess of 30 mgd available)
Temple
This Central Texas community extracts its water from a river
that gets its release from Lake Belton, with an estimated
storage capacity of 434,000 acre-feet. Temple's
water distribution system comprises about 400 miles of water
mains, five booster pump stations, nine elevated storage tanks
and one ground storage tank. Also, Temple's water treatment
plant is undergoing major capacity expansion to 42 mgd and
a micro-filtration plant comes online fall 2003.
Source: Leon River
Provider: City of Temple
Supply: 12,500 acre-feet of water and an additional
9,453 acre-feet of water. (1 acre feet = 325,853 gallons)
Capacity: 30 mgd (treated)
Demand: 9 mgd (winter) to 15 mgd (summer)
Grand Prairie
Located between Dallas and Fort Worth, Grand Prairie
has approximately 1.5 million gallons of excess capacity.
Multiple water sources and a wholesale supply contract give
this community unusually reliable access.
Perhaps the most unique feature of Grand Prairie's water
system is that its largest source of water, the Dallas South
connection, enters from a high elevation and does not require
pumping-quite unusual for this area of Texas. This saves companies
operational expense while enhancing reliability. Grand Prairie's
water master plan is also updated every five years and keeps
projected needs within supply capabilities.
Source: five water supply sources include: an unlimited
wholesale contract with the City of Dallas (two separate connections
with several treatment plants and sources), a wholesale water
contract with the City of Fort Worth, 11 deep wells (2,000
feet) within the city, an undeveloped raw water source in
Lake Joe Pool within the city, and a temporary water contract
with the City of Midlothian
Provider: City of Grand Prairie
Capacity: 1.5 million gpd excess
Demand: 150 gcpd (gallons per capita per day)
Virginia
Danville
Danville offers 10 million gallons of excess
water capacity and a treatment plant that has been frequently
upgraded. The plant's capacity is three million gallons per
day with a 16 million gallon-plus storage system, which provides
almost two days storage at present usage levels. In addition,
the community has two booster-pumping stations serving five
of six pressure zones, and three pumps in eight of nine booster-pumping
stations.
Source: The Dan River
Provider: City of Danville
Supply: contracted to meet projected demands out to
the 25-year horizon
Capacity: 21 mgd (with 12.1 mgd reserve)
Greater Richmond
Blessed with abundant surface and groundwater resources,
the local governments comprising the Greater Richmond
area are working to meet projected demands out to the 25-year
horizon. As an example of that foresight, an additional 113
mgd capacity is planned or under construction in the four
area counties.
Source: interconnected municipal systems that draw
from the James and Appomattox rivers, Swift Creek Reservoir,
and municipal wells
Provider: City of Richmond Department of Public Utilities,
Chesterfield County, Hanover County, Henrico County
Capacity: approx. 174.5 mgd
Demand approx. 115.2 mgd
Prince William County
In Prince William County (about 30 miles southwest
of Washington, D.C.), the Prince William County Service Authority
currently operates and maintains 20 storage facilities comprised
of steel reservoirs, standpipes, and elevated storage tanks
holding 28.12 million gallons of water on nine different pressure
zones.
In addition, two replacement tanks currently under construction
will add 1.5 million gallons. Meanwhile, a replacement tank
and a new tank under design will add another 3.4 million gallons
of storage. Two future replacement tanks are also planned,
which will result in a net gain of 1.7 million gallons of
storage. Larger pressure zones are served by multiple tanks
for reliability, enabling the service authority to take one
out of service for repainting and maintenance without severely
affecting service in the pressure zone. Transmission and distribution
system piping is sized for projected demands and looping and
redundancy is sought throughout the system. And, the Authority
has contracted supplies of water to meet projected demands
beyond the 25-year horizon.
Source: Lake Manassas (City of Manassas water treatment
plant) Occoquan Reservoir and the Potomac River (Fairfax County
Water Authority)
Provider: Prince William County Service Authority
Supply: contracted to meet projected demands out to
the 25-year horizon
Capacity: up to 40 percent greater than current demand
Henry County
Located just above the North Carolina border in the foothills
of southern Virginia's beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, lies
Henry County. It's home to major industries,
NASCAR Winston Cup racing, an unsurpassed quality of life,
and over eight million gallons per day of excess water.
Several of the world's foremost producers of furniture and
textile items are located here including Bassett Furniture,
Stanley Furniture, Hooker Furniture, and American of Martinsville.
But the closing of a "major textile plant" combined
with a water treatment plant "designed for growth"
has produced significant available capacity.
"Our water quality here is excellent because our source
and our water system personnel are excellent," explains
Director of Henry County Office of Commerce Beth Braswell.
With the city of Martinsville at its geographic center, Henry
County's strong economic base includes new technology businesses
such as Arrington Manufacturing, Drake Extrusion and Mehler
Engineered Products. "Our Board of Supervisors and our
administrative staff are committed to further diversification
of our economic base," says Braswell. "In the face
of our current capacity, we have plenty of room for growth
in our system because our facilities were constructed with
expansion in mind."
Source: Philpott Lake (Smith River) and Beaver Creek
(City of Martinsville reservoir)
Provider: Henry County Public Service Authority and
the City of Martinsville
Capacity: at least 8 mgd greater than current demand
Treatment: none required
Pressure: "excellent in most areas, good in areas
at higher elevations
Rates: $20 for the first 6000 gallons, $3.40 per gallon
over 6000 gallons (Note: Special economic development rate
of $1.70 per gallon for users of 2 mgd and over.)
For more information: Contact Beth Braswell, director
of Henry County Office of Commerce at 276-634-2545 or bbraswell@co.henry.va.us
. The County's Web site is located at www.HenryCountyCommerce.com.
West Virginia
Clarksburg
Clarksburg has four concrete dams on the West
Fork River that reportedly account for 335 million gallons
of total raw water storage. To accommodate future growth,
the Clarksburg Water Board (CWB) constructed a 10 mgd water
treatment plant in 1988, which was designed to be expanded
to capacity of 15 mgd.
Source: West Fork River
Provider: Clarksburg Water Board
Supply: 335 mgd
Capacity: 10 mgd (11.2 mgd maximum)
More Water-Rich Communities
Need water? Take a closer look at these southern
markets:
Alabama
Montgomery
Florida
Pensacola
Bay County-Panama City
Georgia
City of Toccoa & Stephens County
City of Louisville & Jefferson County
City of Milledgeville & Baldwin County
Folkston
Homeland
Camden County
Augusta
Warren County
Kentucky
Lexington
Frankfort
Kansas
Salina
Louisiana
East Baton Rouge Parish
Iberville Parish
West Baton Rouge Parish
St. James Parish
St. John Parish
St. Charles Parish
Calcasieu Parish
South Carolina
Upstate area
Columbia & Central Carolina
Tennessee
Shelbyville
West Virginia
Kanawha Valley
Fairmont
Nicholas/Fayette/Summers/Mercer County region
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