Bartlesville may never have to reuse its wastewater effluent as a supplement to its water supply, but the city is prepared if the need arises.
Its plan to pipe a portion of the effluent upstream of the raw water intake in the Caney River won an award from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board. In January it received a U.S. EPA George F. Ames PISCES Award for excellence in problem-solving, one of five PISCES awards presented in 2022.
The possibility of water shortages during drought is a chronic concern in the region. Bartlesville draws its entire water supply from a large flood-control lake
