Broken Bow Public Works Authority

PROJECT PURPOSE

The Broken Bow Public Works Authority currently operates with an average daily influent flow of app. 1 MGD, increasing approximately 30% over the last 5 years. In addition to residential and commercial business customers, BBPWA also provides sanitary sewer service to Huber Engineered Woods, Pan Pacific Products and Tyson Foods. The receiving as well as other adjacent streams to Broken Bow are of high quality, contain several endangered species and are heavily utilized for recreational purposes. Reliability and resiliency of the sanitary sewer collection and treatment is a major concern for the stewardship of these waters. The project will include improvements to critical and vital collection system components, including lift station, gravity main, gravity interceptors. force mains, standby power generation, cyber security SCADA, and treatment process improvements. (Secondary Clarification)

EVIDENCE

The City/Public Works Authority has hired Crist Engineers out of Little Rock Arkansas to help us with projects. We have completed several projects together over the last 16 years. Crist has performed a study of our wastewater plant; we need to expand our plant to handle all the growth we are experiencing in our county.

POPULATION DESCRIPTION

BBPWA serves residential and commercial business customers and three industrial users. Huber Engineered Woods, Pan Pacific Products and Tyson Hatchery. Our County is growing at a fast rate and we need to expand our wastewater plant and system to be able to keep growing.

PERFORMANCE MEASURING

We have successfully upgraded our wastewater plant in 2008 which was a $6 million dollar project. We currently have $5 million dollars in projects we are completing. $2.5 million dollar Clear Well project at our water plant and $2.5 million dollar relocation project of our water and sewer lines for ODOT for a highway expansion project.

ONGOING INVESTMENT AMOUNT

$

ONGOING INVESTMENT DESCRIPTION

None

ONGOING INVESTMENT REQUIRED

Able to continue operation without additional funding from the State of Oklahoma