Wastewater Department

Wastewater Division

The Wastewater Division treats the community's wastewater utilizing three facilities; Jefferson LAS (land application system) currently treats up to 287,000 gpd, the new Central Wastewater Treatment Facility currently treats .5mgd with a capacity of 1mgd expandable to 2mgd, and the Interstate LAS can treat up to 316,000 gpd. A new 1 mgd wastewater treatment plant has been approved for the Interstate LAS site and will be built when required. Long range plans are to expand the treatment capacity to 5 mgd (million gallons per day).