About HPUD 

HPUD Landscape Fountain 

New Administration Building

Water Facts    

• The District’s water distribution service are covers approximately 100 square miles and serves approximately 26,000 customer accounts.
• The average person in the United States uses 100 gallons of water each day.
• The Hallsdale-Powell Utility District maintains 550 miles of water
• distribution pipe.
• You can refill an 8 oz glass of water approximately 15,000 times for the same cost as a six-pack of soda.
• Combined treatment capacity from all 3 Hallsdale-Powell water treatment facilities treats and average of 13 MGD (million gallons day).
• One cubic foot of water is equal to 7.48 gallons of water.
• The District’s 17 water storage tanks have the capacity to hold nearly 10 million gallons of water.
• Nearly 1500 fire hydrants are maintained by District employees in attempt to meet demands placed on the system during a catastrophe.
• The average age of an HPUD employee is 42 and the average length of employment is 11 years.
• The challenging East Tennessee terrain requires 10 separate pressure zones to supply water to the HPUD service area. There are 12 water booster stations that assist to elevate the water to the necessary pressure level.
• Only 1% of the earth’s water is available for drinking water. Two percent is currently frozen.

Wastewater Facts

• The District’s sanitary sewer system covers approximately 100 square miles and serves approximately 20,000 customer accounts.
• A faulty manhole can admit 10-50 gallons of storm water per minute to sewer system.  There are roughly 9,000 sewer manholes in the HPUD service area.
• There are 16 sewer lift stations in the District’s service area.
• Each person generates an average of 100 gallons of wastewater daily.
• Beaver Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant treats and average of 8 MGD (million gallons day).
• Just 1 home gutter connected to the sewer can generate 15 gallons of water per minute during rainfall.
• The Hallsdale-Powell Utility District maintains 415 miles of wastewater collection pipe.
• The average sewer pipe serves 200 residences.  If one inch of rain infiltrates that same pipe it will only serve 8 homes.