Waste Water Treatment Plant, 216 Vine St, Connersville, IN 47331, US

Connersville Utilities provides water and sanitary sewer service to customers in the City of Connersville, the county seat of Fayette County, Indiana and currently serves an estimated population of 16, 650 ( census data, 1996 ). IDEM classifies Connersville's PWSS as a medium-size system and a complete Phase I WHP Plan is due to IDEM on or before March 28, 2001.The City's water is supplied by groundwater produced at two well fields. As shown on Figure 1-1, the Roberts Park Well Field is located on the city's northeast side, east and southeast of the horse track and consists of five production wells ( Wells 1 through 5 ). The South Well Field is located approximately 1, 500 feet north of the State Road 44 bridge that crosses the Whitewater River adjacent to the Babe Ruth baseball complex, and includes Production Wells 10, 11, and 12. Both well fields are situated adjacent to the Whitewater River and are completed in the same sand and gravel aquifer ( Section 2.0 ). The Roberts Park Well Field is the primary source of groundwater for Connersville and the South Well Field is utilized as a standby water supply. Currently, the two well fields have a combined production of approximately 3.5 million gallons per day ( mgd ).