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Flowood Wirtz Road Water Well

Water Resources
Flowood, Mississippi

Waggoner provided design and construction phase services for the City of Flowood’s Wirtz Road water well and treatment plant and designed a unique system to meet Flowood’s complex needs. The City needed a new well to supply its growing population and meet the water demand in its Northwest section. Due to the well’s primarily residential location, safety concerns and aesthetic considerations were also addressed.

State-of-the-art technologies were researched, analyzed and evaluated to find a safe disinfection alternative for the new well. The City chose to replace chlorine gas with a liquid sodium hypochlorite system, unique to the Central Mississippi region, to protect surrounding neighborhoods from the potential risks of a chlorine gas leak. The system contains an 8,100-gallon storage tank for holding the liquid sodium hypochlorite, which reduces the number of times maintenance personnel come into contact with the chemicals.

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1,750 GPM

Water well and treatment plant

Cost & Efficiency

The 20-inch by 12-inch well was drilled to a depth of 1,075 feet into the Sparta aquifer and produces over one million gallons of water each day. This additional water met the system demands and reduced the runtime on other wells.

The city spent $1.8 million to construct the 1,750 GPM water well and treatment plant. The project was completed in 2012.

 

1 Million gallons

of Water Produced Each Day

$1.8 million

Spent to Construct the Well and Treatment Plant

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8,100 Gallon

Storage Tank for Holding Liquid Sodium

Aesthetic Concerns

The facility had to provide an aesthetic, context-sensitive building for housing the well control system and treatment components. The structure was designed to blend well with the surrounding equestrian area by mimicking the exterior finish of nearby barns. The floor plan was sized to enclose large unsightly well equipment such as chemical storage tanks and an emergency generator. The system’s operation required energy-efficient components such as soft-start and VFD motors.

Flowood Wirtz Road Water Well