City of Carrollton officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony last week, officially bringing the Raymond R. Hughes Water Treatment Pond into service.
The water holding and treatment pond off Kingsbridge Road will increase Carrollton’s water security and quality and add significantly to the city’s raw water storage capacity.
“This benefits us by giving pre-settlement and more pre-treatment options and around 20 days of storage,” said Carrollton Operations Director Robert Moore. “That helps in drought conditions and lets us choose when to pump from the river to it.”
The city will pump water from the Little Tallapoosa river intake into the pond at the far north end and draw through a screen on the south end. Gravity will deliver the water to the water treatment plant’s flash mix chamber.
The pond has been in discussion for the past 20 years. Construction started last year.
The pond is named in honor of the former owner of the property where it was built.