Water and Wastewater
There are a total of 6 personnel in the Water and Wastewater Departments who are responsible for installing and maintaining all of the pipes, meters, fire hydrants, other equipment associated with the operation of the department, and taking monthly water samples. The superintendent of the Water and Wastewater Department is Michael Williamson who has over 10 years experience in the field. He holds a Grade C Groundwater Treatment Plant Operator and a Grade C Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator license. He also holds Customer Service Inspector certification and a Backflow Assembly Tester certification, both issued by the State of Texas. Josh Villarreal is the Crew Leader and has over 10 years of experience with the City of Littlefield. Four of the six personnel in this department hold certificates as Water or Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators.
Water Services
The City of Littlefield provides domestic water service for the use of homes and businesses, as well as for fire protection to all of the area encompassed by the city limits of Littlefield and is recognized by the State of Texas as a Superior Water System. The city water system is in compliance with the Safe Drinking Water Act as promulgated by the U.S. Government and was awarded Outstanding Performance of a Water System from the State of Texas in 2001.
The City of Littlefield water source is located 12 miles north of Littlefield and consists of 7,360 acres of water rights that were purchased in 1963, eight wells, and a half-million gallon ground storage tank. The first three wells were installed in 1964, the fourth was installed in 1978, the fifth and sixth were installed in 1985, and the last two were installed in 2001. The water gravity flows to the city through a 24-inch supply line and is stored in a 1.5 million gallon ground storage tank that was built in 2004. The water is treated and pumped from the ground storage tank to two elevated towers that have a toal storage of 575,000 gallons. The maximum production from the well field with the current eight wells is approximately 5 million gallons per day. The booster pumps consist of four pumps ranging in size from 1,000 GPM to 2,500 GPM and can produce a maximum of 7.2 million gallons per day. Under a contract with the City of Lubbock, the City of Littlefield is able to receive emergency water from the Bailey County well field if disruption of the main water supply occurs. The average water used in the winter months is around 1.2 million gallons per day, and the average water use in the summer months is around 2.5 million gallons per day.
Wastewater Services
The wastewater treatment plant for the City of Littlefield is a 1.5 million gallons per day facility built in 2001. The plant is an aerated pond system with a large holding pond. The wastewater effluent is pumped three miles to the City of Littlefield farm and is applied to alfalfa and wheat. The crops produced from the farm are bailed into hay for livestock. The city-owned farm is leased to a private individual for farming purposes. This plant was awarded the Outstanding Operation of Wastewater Treatment Facilities from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Region 2 Lubbock in 2002.
Click here to open the 2008 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
Click here to open the 2009 Annual Drinking Water Quality Report
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