General Statement
The system consists of 9 wells, 2 groundwater treatment plants, 3 water storage tanks, 4 booster pump stations and 365 miles of mains serving 13,849 customers. There are also connections with Huntsville Utilities and the Harvest-Monrovia Water and Sewer Authority to purchase or sell water under emergency conditions.
The 9 wells range in production from 250 gallons per minute to 3000 gallons per minute and are located in various locations around the city and in Madison and Limestone Counties. Water is pumped from the Tuscumbia-Fort Payne Aquifer at depths from 53 to 195 feet.
Water from the Drake and Rowe Wells is treated at the Water Treatment Plant #2-Quarry Site Bernard Bressette Facility with treatment consisting of aeration, coagulation, pH adjustment, clarification, filtration, disinfection, and fluoridation.
Water from the New Gillespie, Nickelson, Fiorentino, McCrary, Williams and Hardiman Wells is treated at the Kurt Keene Water Treatment Plant with treatment consisting of coagulation, pH adjustment, clarification, filtration, fluoridation and disinfection.
Water from the Dublin Well is treated on site with pH adjustment, disinfection and fluoridation.
The 3 water storage tanks have a combined capacity of 12 million gallons and the booster pump stations a combined flow capacity of over 5300 gallons per minute.
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