Joseph Patrick Painter
MERCO Consultants/Painter & Spitz Consultants
516 W. California
Oklahoma City OK 73102
Tel: 405-235-1604
| Startup Year | 1974 |
| Process | ED |
| Capacity (MGD) | 3.0 |
| Recovery Rate (%) | 70 |
| Pretreatment | lime softening, conventional filtration |
| Post-Treatment | addition of chloramine |
| Feed Water Composition | TDS=1050mg/L; elevated calcium sulfate |
| Product Water Composition | TDS=240mg/L |
| Concentrate Disposal | discharge to river downstream of plant |
Additional Information:
Plant is owned by four cities -- Bessie, Clinton, Cordell, and Hobart -- and is governed by a board of directors. Closest nearby desalination plant is along the Brazos River near Waco, Texas.