Editing Fort Smith, Arkansas (section)

===Utilities===
[[File:Fort Smith Municipal Water Plant 02.jpg|right|thumb|View of the coagulation and flocculation processes at the Lake Fort Smith WTP]]

Fort Smith uses two water treatment plants (WTPs) for its drinking water; one near [[Lake Fort Smith]] in [[Mountainburg, Arkansas|Mountainburg]] and one on [[Lee Creek (Arkansas)|Lee Creek]]. The city announced August 12, 2021, that the Massard Water Reclamation Facility would need to undergo a $22 million upgrade to avoid failure. If failure occurs, nearly all of East Fort Smith and surrounding towns would be without wastewater treatment, causing wastewater to flow into the Arkansas River. It has had little to no upgrades since built in 1966.