Being a good neighbor is a serious matter to the staff at the Red Oak Creek Regional Wastewater Treatment Facility in the town of Red Oak near Waxahachie, Texas. That has been true since the plant was built in the late 1980s.“The facility was built to preserve the rural ambience of the area surrounding the plant site,” says Billy Hill, project manager for Trinity River Authority (TRA), facility owner. Located close to Bells Chapel Road, a popular roadway serving several nearby neighborhoods, the plant is screened by trees and gently rolling berms that present a pastoral landscape to passers-by.Well hidden“People
