The Water/Sewer Department consists of 8 full-time employees who are responsible for the City of Holton's Water Treatment Plant, Wastewater Treatment Plant, water distribution and collection system and PWWD #18 water treatment plant.  Dennis Ashcraft is the Water/Waste Water Superintendent.  Ashcraft has been with the City of Holton since 1984.

Water Plant

• Built in 1947 Upgraded in 1981
• Capacity: 1 million gallons per day
• Source: Prairie Lake (40 acres) and two wells
• One stand pipe: 300,000 gallons and one elevated 750,000 gallon storage tank
• Class III plant

PWWD #18

• Joint effort between the City of Holton and Rural Water District #3
• Built in 2002
• Source: Banner Reservoir (535 surface acres)
• Capacity: 2 million gallons per day expandable to 3 million gallons per day
• Utilizes membrane filtration
• PWWD #18 contracts for the City of Holton to operate the plant.
• Class IV plant 8 certified operators, 2 class IV, 3 class III and 3 class II

Wastewater Treatment Plan

• Consists of a three cell aerated lagoon system and an aero mod activated sludge plant
• Lagoon system built in 1992
• Capacity 132,000 gallons per day
• Aero Mod Plant built in 2006
• Capacity: 528,000 gallons per day
• 2006 and 2007 KWEA Class III Plant of the Year
• Class III Plant. Four certified operators: 1 Class IV, 1 Class III and 2 Class I

Distribution System

• 30 plus miles of water lines ranging from 2" to 12".
• The majority of the lines are either cast iron or PVC
• Over 100 fire hydrants

Collection System

• 30 plus miles of collection system
• The majority of the system is 8" & 10" with some 15" and 21"
• The system is mostly clay tile with the remainder PVC
• A large percentage of the collection system dates back to 1909