LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The nearly 70-year-old Jack H. Wilson Water Treatment Plant in Little Rock is preparing for the biggest overhaul in its history.
Max Foote Construction of Mandeville, La. is leading the construction on a project that is expected to total $230 million.
Over the next five years, the phased project will upgrade technology and efficiency-related maintenance to enable the plant to increase its daily treatment capacity from the current 133 million gallons per day to approximately 150 gallons daily. The treatment plant will remain in operation while the work is taking place…