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===Utilities=== [[File:Fayetteville flushing hydrant.jpg|right|thumb|City crew [[Fire hydrant#Inspection and maintenance|flushing]] a fire hydrant in Uptown Fayetteville]] The City of Fayetteville owns and operates a large water system which provides services to several municipalities and unincorporated areas in the northern half of Washington County in addition to Fayetteville residents. Drinking water is pumped in from the [[Beaver Lake (Arkansas)|Beaver Water District]] treatment plant in [[Lowell, Arkansas|Lowell]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Election Day Will Decide Two Positions for Beaver Water District |url= http://5newsonline.com/2012/11/03/election-day-will-decide-two-positions-for-beaver-water-district/ |publisher= [[KFSM-TV]] |date= November 3, 2012 |last= Pruna |first= Jocelyne |access-date= January 13, 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url= http://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20130113230417/http://5newsonline.com/2012/11/03/election-day-will-decide-two-positions-for-beaver-water-district/ |archive-date= January 13, 2013 }}</ref> The city uses {{convert|16|MUSgal|ML}} of water per day on average.<ref>{{cite web|title=Utilities Department |url=http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/utilities_department/index.cfm |publisher=City of Fayetteville |access-date=August 18, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110817050911/http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/utilities_department/index.cfm |archive-date=August 17, 2011 }}</ref> ====Wastewater==== Fayetteville owns its own [[wastewater]] operation, including a network of pipes and lift stations which convey wastewater to the city's two wastewater treatment plants. Both plants are operated by [[CH2M Hill|CH2M]] and regulated by the [[Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality]] (ADEQ). Historically, all sewage was sent to the Paul R. Noland Wastewater Treatment Plant (Noland WWTP) on the east side of town. However, development on the city's west side as well as the expense of pumping wastewater over East Mountain led the city to build the West Side WWTP in 2008. In addition to these two facilities, Fayetteville also operates 39 lift stations to pump wastewater over steep elevation rises in order to utilize gravity flow toward the WWTPs. Fayetteville also maintains a [[biosolids]] management program, in which biosolids, a byproduct of [[Sewage treatment|wastewater treatment]], are land applied to provide nutrients to soil on which crops are grown. Fayetteville's first wastewater treatment arrived in 1913 in the form of an [[Imhoff tank]] on the West Fork of the White River.<ref>{{cite web|title=Wastewater Treatment History |publisher=City of Fayetteville |url=http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/wastewater/misc/index.cfm |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140201175612/http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/wastewater/misc/index.cfm |archive-date=February 1, 2014 }}</ref> The facility was improved several times throughout the years until the construction of the City of Fayetteville Water Pollution Control Facility downstream of Lake Sequoyah. The plant was built in 1968 and has had major upgrades and was expanded. Now known as the Noland WWTP, it is designed for a flow rate of {{convert|12.6|MUSgal|ML}} per day.<ref>{{ cite report |title= Paul R. Noland Wastewater Treatment Plant |work= NPDES Permit Renewal Application |publisher= City of Fayetteville |url= http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/ftproot/Pub/WebDatabases/PermitsOnline/NPDES/PermitInformation/AR0020010_Complete%20Application_20101201.pdf |date= November 2010 |access-date= January 20, 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140203041038/http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/ftproot/Pub/WebDatabases/PermitsOnline/NPDES/PermitInformation/AR0020010_Complete%20Application_20101201.pdf |archive-date= February 3, 2014 }}</ref> The West Side WWTP has a design flow of {{convert|10|MUSgal|ML}} per day<ref>{{ cite report|title=West Side Wastewater Treatment Plant |work=NPDES Permit Application |publisher=City of Fayetteville |url=http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/wastewater/documents/NPDES_Permit_AR0050288_West_Side_WWTP_30Nov05.pdf |page=56 |date=November 2005 |access-date=January 20, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140722145905/http://www.accessfayetteville.org/government/wastewater/documents/NPDES_Permit_AR0050288_West_Side_WWTP_30Nov05.pdf |archive-date=July 22, 2014 }}</ref> with a peak flow capacity of {{convert|32|MUSgal|ML}} per day during wet weather. Fayetteville's biosolids program was conceived after concerns about the costs and sustainability of landfill dumping arose. The city initiated a land application program on a farm site near the Noland plant which allowed the city to apply biosolids and then grow and harvest hay. In 2010, solar energy became the main component of the solids dewatering process after the installation of six [[solar dryer]]s.<ref>{{ cite report |title= Biosolids Management Construction Permit |work= Final State Construction Permit |publisher= City of Fayetteville, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality |url= http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/ftproot/Pub/WebDatabases/PermitsOnline/NPDES/Permits/AR0020010C.pdf |date= May 2010 |access-date= January 20, 2013 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140203044551/http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/ftproot/Pub/WebDatabases/PermitsOnline/NPDES/Permits/AR0020010C.pdf |archive-date= February 3, 2014 }}</ref> From this program, the city gains additional revenue from the sale of hay and fertilizer (Class A biosolids).<ref>{{cite web |title= Fayetteville: Reducing Waste, Space, Means Profit |date= December 10, 2012 |url= http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/89497/fayetteville-reducing-waste-space-means-profit-green-initiatives-winner-20000?page=all |publisher= Arkansas Business |work= Green Initiatives |access-date= January 20, 2014 |url-status= live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140201183320/http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/article/89497/fayetteville-reducing-waste-space-means-profit-green-initiatives-winner-20000?page=all |archive-date= February 1, 2014 }}</ref>
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