Citizens will have an opportunity to weigh in on the ongoing Chickasaw Waste Water Treatment Plant Expansion Project during a public hearing set for April 15.
The hearing will be held at noon on April 15 in the Council Chambers at City Hall, 401 S. Johnstone Ave. The Council Chambers are located on the first floor.
The hearing is to discuss proposed improvements to the City’s waste water treatment facility, as well as alternatives to the proposed improvements and their associated costs. Another purpose of the hearing is to discuss the potential environmental impacts of the project and the alternatives to it.
The proposed project is identified in the Planning and Environmental Information Document and consists of the following major elements:
- New administration building, headworks structure, aeration system blowers, circular final clarifiers, return activated sludge pumping, effluent filtration and back wash systems, WAS thickening building, anaerobic digester, backup generator and indirect potable reuse side-stream incorporation.
- Improvements to the primary clarifiers, aeration basins, disinfection system, sludge storage basins, existing anaerobic digesters, gravity belt thickener building, and plant-wide electrical and SCADA upgrades.
The expansion is expected to cost between $60 million and $80 million. Funding will not be accessed until 2026.
Anyone who would like to attend the April 15 meeting is welcome.
The Environmental Information Document/Environmental Report for the Chickasaw Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion Project is available HERE.
For more information about the project, see Waste water plant expansion moves forward and Application locks in rates for WWTP financing.