Hours of Operation:
7:00 AM - 3:30 PM, Monday - Friday
Emergency Number: (after hours# 812-865-2222)
Mission Statement: Keeping the environment clean through technology is the primary purpose of the Orleans Wastewater Facility.

HISTORY
The first sewer lines were installed in the 1930's by the W.P.A. and the first sewer plant was built in 1940 on the existing grounds. The next plant was establish in 1963 and consisted of a digester, a raw and primary clarifier, a final clarifier and a chlorine contact tank. During this period chlorine was used for disinfection of the final effluent before discharging into the sinkhole. Today's existing treatment plant was built in 1990 and 19991.
due to the stringent limits set by the state on our effluent requirements. These parameters are recorded daily and sent to the I.D.E.M. monthly. Today's plant is capable of treating 220,000 gallons per day and still meet our permit requirements. In Orleans today, there is approximately 64,000 lineal feet of sewer lines, one main lift station, two sub-lift stations and one lift station for the industrial park.

TREATMENT FACILITY DESCRIPTION
The discharge is currently operating a 0.22 MGD Class II
oxidation ditch type wastewater treatment plant containing a
bar screen, primary settling tank, sludge thickener, bio-roughing
tank, oxidation ditch, two final clarifiers, ultra-violet (uv)
light disinfection, post aeration ditches and a parchall flume
flow metering device.