The Lower Fountain Metropolitan Sewer Disposal District (LFMSDD) held a groundbreaking ceremony earlier this month for the Harold D. Thompson Regional Water Reclamation Facility. The Facility will serve the Jimmy Camp Creek basin, and has an ultimate build out treatment capacity of 6.0 million gallons per day (Mgd).  The building is named in honor of SDA Board Member Harold D. Thompson, who was a founding member of the LFMSDD Board.

“The groundbreaking celebration for the Harold D. Thompson Regional Water Reclamation Facility celebrates the visible beginning of a new milestone, long overdue and secures long term treatment capacity needs within the Jimmy Camp Creek Basin,” said Jim Heckman, manager of the Fountain Sanitation District.  

The facility is expected to be complete in January of 2012. A more detailed article on the groundbreaking, and the benefits this treatment center will provide for the community, can be found in the upcoming July 2010 SDA Newsletter.