Water Plant

This department provides us with one of our most valuable resources…... water. Johnny Brown, Water Plant Superintendent, and his department operate the City’s Water Plant. In 1937 Elk City moved the Water Plant from using a small reservoir east of town to the existing plant where water could be accessed through water wells. The water wells are supplied by Alluvium Terrace Deposits (composed of unconsolidated sand and gravel deposits) of the Northfork of the Red River. Currently the City has 57 operating wells with an additional 4700 acres of water rights. The water rights are protected for future use by the Well Head Protection Program where by surface rights are managed in order to restrict pollutants.

Once the water has reached the water plant Chlorine and Fluoride are added. Then the water is pumped through two main lines, one a 20” and the other 24” that are used to fill a nine million gallon water tower. The water tower can be used for storage, but mainly used so the plant can pump water to the tower in non-peak hours and then let gravity bring the water on into town. Elk City has long been a supporter of conserving electrical usage and working with Rural Electric Cooperative.

As you can imagine keeping a city of over 10,000 in water is a complex task. Numerous safeguards and safety procedures are in place to see that residents enjoy an uninterrupted flow of quality water which can range from 2 million gallons a day to 7 million gallons a day depending on the time of year.

Contact:

Water Plant
City of Elk City
RR 1 Box 226C
Sayre, OK 73662-9771
(580) 9283115