Huckleberry Creek
Reservoir was completed in February of 1996.
The Reservoir covers over 5.8 billion gallons of water when full.
This $20 million project is projected to satisfy the needs of
Russellville and the River Valley for the next 20-25 years.
The Water
Treatment Plant was originally constructed in 1905.
The present Water Plant was expanded in 1950 and then again in
1987 and 1999. The most
recent improvements totaled $5 million dollars and increased the plants
capacity to almost 20 million gallons per day, which is projected, to
meet the city’s needs for the next ten years.
WWTP/Storm Water
Basin-The original Wastewater Treatment Plant was constructed in 1923 on the
banks of Prairie Creek near Arkansas Tech University.
In 1964 a modern plant was built at the current site on Jimmy
Lile Road and was upgraded in 1974,1978, and most recently in 1999. The
recent improvements, including a new 7 million gallon storm water
retention basin, nearly doubled the capacity of the plant to 20 million
gallons per day. Extensive
rehabilitation and replacement of the sewer collection system has also
greatly reduced the number of overflows and equipment problems.
