WSIP Project

The Wastewater System Improvement Project (WSIP) is a system wide project that significantly increases the capacity of the City of Fayetteville’s wastewater system.  The project addresses capacity shortfalls in the wastewater collection and treatment systems; the design is expected to treat the wastewater for 115,000 people.

This project will increase the City’s wastewater treatment capacity from 12.6 to 21.2 million gallons per day, and will significantly reduce the number of sewer system overflows due to rain and ground water entering the system.  It also improves odor control facilities system wide.  The new transmission pipelines are designed to carry flows from their respective areas for a full 100+ years of growth. The West Side Wastewater Treatment Plant will start treating wastewater at the end of May, 2008. Much of the east side work (Noland WWTP and pipe lines leading thereto) will be completed in late 2009, after the flow is diverted to the West Side WWTP.

Major construction elements of the project include:

1. Constructing a new West Side Wastewater Treatment Plant ($64.1 million including  water lines, wetlands construction, and other work adjacent to the site).
2. Constructing 21.6 miles of new or replacement sewer transmission pipes and 2 pump stations in the north and west areas of the City to carry the wastewater to the new West Side WWTP ($39.6 million).
3. Upgrading the existing Noland WWTP on the east side of town ($18.1 million).
4. Constructing 9.3 miles of new or replacement sewer transmission pipes and replacing, modifying, or upgrading six pump stations in the south and east areas of the City to better carry the wastewater to the Noland WWTP ($20.0 million).
5. The project also involves work including constructing 25.5 acres of wetlands, over one mile of roadway, 1/2 mile of water pipe, easements for the pipelines; extensive wetlands and stormwater training, construction, and inspection; engineering design and construction inspection for all aspects of the project; and all of the associated permitting and coordination with the US Environmental Protection Agency, the Corps of Engineers, Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality, the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission, the Arkansas Department of Health, the Beaver Water District, various Oklahoma agencies, and others ($36.6 million).
6. A lift station and approximately four miles of associated pipe line work to service Farmington and the Fayetteville area immediately east of Farmington ($5.9 million provided by Farmington and $2.3 million provided by Fayetteville). 

The project is funded through a combination of a $42 million sales tax bond issue approved in September 2006, a $125 million sales tax bond issue approved in November 2001, system revenues, developer impact fees, and the sale of land at the West Side WWTP site.

Below is a link to the most recent Update on Wastewater System Improvement Project: 
05.08.08 Update - Wastewater System Improvement Project