Carter County PWSD #1 Drinking Water System Improvements

Drinking Water Production, Storage, and Distribution Improvements for the Carter County PWSD #1

The Carter County PWSD #1 has dealt with many challenges in providing drinking water service to their approximately 600 customers. This is due to long standing defects in the water production, storage, and distribution infrastructure With assistance from Heartland Engineering, the water district has embarked on the pathway towards upgrading their infrastructure. des.

Located just south of Van Buren, Missouri, the water district is forced to contend with very significant changes in ground elevation. The water system spans from “mountaintop to valley,” and requires the management of multiple pressure zones. Unfortunately, the original water system was not designed to handle these large variations in pressure.

Heartland Engineering facilitated the funding process through the Missouri Department of Natural Resources State Revolving Fund (SRF), securing both grant and loan dollars to make the multi-million-dollar infrastructure project financially feasible for water customers. The project is currently in the final design phase, with construction anticipated to begin in 2026. The project will feature new deep rock wells, a new well house, a new water storage tank, upgrading a pressure booster station, and extensive amounts of new water distribution piping.