WHAT: Celebrating new Delaware County water treatment plant to service 2,500 homes
WHEN: Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2019
Noon
WHERE: One Pioneer Court (Flint Ridge Deer Valley Clubhouse)
Kansas, Okla.
WHO: Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr.
USDA Rural Development State Director Lee Denney
Environmental Protection Agency Region VI Deputy Administrator David Gray
Congressman Markwayne Mullin Chief of Staff Michael Stopp
Oklahoma DEQ Assistant Director Water Quality Division Terry Lyhane
Oklahoma Water Resources Board Lending Manager Charles de Coune
South Delaware County Regional Water Authority staff Jay Updike
FLINT RIDGE, Okla. — About 2,500 homes in southern Delaware County to the north end of Adair County will soon be served fresh, cleaner and safer drinking water after leaders from the Cherokee Nation, South Delaware County Regional Water Authority and federal and state programs stepped in to build a new $15 million water treatment plant.
Planning for the South Delaware County Regional Water Treatment Plant started in 2012 with construction recently completed. The water plant will service the communities of Kansas, Leach, Colcord, Oaks, Twin Oaks, Rose and West Siloam Springs.
Leaders from Cherokee Nation, Congressman Markwayne Mullin’s office, EPA Region 6, USDA Rural Development, Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, Oklahoma Water Resources Board and the South Delaware County Regional Water Authority will celebrate the milestone with a ribbon cutting and plant tour on Wednesday.
“When several communities in northeastern Oklahoma faced the collapse of their water infrastructure, the Cherokee Nation, along with these other federal and state agency partners secured funds so that these 2,500 homes and families could benefit from safer, cleaner drinking water through the construction of the new South Delaware County Regional Water Plant,” Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. said. “It’s exciting to see the progress created through these great partnerships.”
“This will tremendously benefit southern Delaware County and northern Adair County for years to come, and encourage growth and new business opportunities” said Del Patterson, Chairman of the Board of Trustees.
The event starts at noon at the Flint Ridge Deer Valley Clubhouse, followed by the water plant tour and ribbon cutting.
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