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Comprehensive Plan, City of Paris, Texas Municipal Services and Natural Features • There are existing water mains serving newly annexed areas that are capable of supporting fire hydrants. The Fire Department urges that the necessary agreements be made with Lamar County Water and that hydrants be installed to Code. SANITARY SEWER SERVICE The wastewater collection system is divided into watersheds and basins in a pattern similar to the natural features previously described. Because the sanitary sewers flow by gravity, they follow the prevailing slope of the land. Therefore, the portion of the sanitary sewer collection system located in the Red River watershed generally flows toward the north through a system of collectors and interceptor sewers to an outfall main sewer and thus on to the treatment plant. The portion of the sanitary sewer collection system located in the southern part of the City in the North Sulphur watershed generally conveys wastewater flows toward the south. This south collection system conveys wastewater flows to one of two major pump stations, the Woodard Lift Station and Southeast Lift Station. The Woodard Lift Station is located next to the Baker Branch Creek in the southwest part of the City. The Southeast Station Lift is located near Big Sandy Creek. There are also two smaller lift stations, Chisum Lift Station that pumps to the Woodard Lift Station, and Jefferson Heights Lift Station that pumps to the Southeast Lift Station. Wastewater flows collected from the southern part of the City are pumped by the Woodard and Southeast lift stations through their respective force mains to the north collection system where they discharge into the north collection system. All wastewater flows entering the collection system are combined together in the north system to flow through a 27" diameter outfall main that conveys the wastewater flow approximately six miles north of the City to the master lift station. The master lift station pumps the wastewater flow an additional 2/3 of a mile through a 21" diameter force main to the head end of the existing wastewater treatment plant. The long range plan for the system includes the construction of a second wastewater treatment plant south of the City in the North Sulphur watershed. This will eliminate the need to pump all of the flow from the southern part of the City to the north collection system. This will allow decommissioning one of the two major lift stations, the Woodard Station or the Southeast Station. Extending sewer service to recently annexed land may create a need for new and additional wastewater pumping stations. Many of the recently annexed strips of land along highways that extend radially out from the City may be difficult to serve with gravity sanitary sewers because their land area does not necessarily follow the prevailing slope of the land. The airport and its surrounding area is another example of an area isolated from the rest of the existing wastewater collection system. It is projected that the airport region will be served in the future by a lift station. Additional studies will be needed to determine the best and most cost effective way to extend service to the newly annexed areas. Alternatives that may be evaluated include local collection and treatment, regional collection and treatment, pumping to the existing interceptor system, or on-site treatment. It may be necessary to evolve through different stages of development in the collection and treatment systems as the service area develops through time. $:\98288\WPClfinal rcport 2-0I.Juc 23 B WR