A water and wastewater treatment plant that sits right next to one of the world’s best trout fisheries has won the coveted Top Project award in the water and wastewater category of the ACEC Arkansas Engineering Excellence Awards.
The plant was upgraded with an EA Aerotor Plant from Lakeside Equipment Corporation.
Designed by independent consulting engineer Mike Marlar PE to blend in with the appealing local landscape, the Lakeside EA Aerotor Plant at Bull Shoals incorporates all the components of a large scale, extended aeration/complete mix process in conjunction with final clarification and UV.
Lakeside’s agent in North Little Rock, Shupe & Associates, worked closely with Marlar and the treatment plant team throughout the upgrade - conscious of just how vital it was to safely deactivate the old plant and get the new one online within a very tight deadline with high quality, treated effluent.
The old plant, designed for 20 years – but still running after 40, had begun to resemble more of a rusty patchwork quilt.
According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, Bull Shoals’ fishery is worth $705 million (€650 million) annually.
The largest lake in The Natural State, with 45,440 acres of water and a 1,000-mile shoreline, Bull Shoals Lake stretches along Arkansas's northern border and into southern Missouri.
Lakeside and Shupe & Associates help Bull Shoals win top project award
