Hicksville Water District’s Plant 9, where a ground storage tank holds 2 million gallons of water.
The Hicksville Water District is taking proactive measures to replace all 11 pumps at Plant 9 on Alicia Street as part of the District’s five-year capital plan. Hicksville’s Plant 9 has three wells, each over 600 feet deep with a collective capacity of more than six million gallons of water a day. The District Commissioners, Karl M. Schweitzer, William Schuckmann and Nicholas Brigandi, are implementing these upgrades to increase efficiency and reliability of the infrastructure.
“The pump replacements at Plant 9 are part of the grand infrastructure upgrades outlined in the District’s five-year capital plan,” stated Chairman Karl M. Schweitzer. “As a result of the District’s thorough planning, we are able to take care of maintenance and improvements in a timely fashion.”
Replacing the pumps and maintaining and cleaning the wells will help with the ultimate goal of restoring them to the original design capacity. These replacements will increase efficiency in the production of the water supply, optimizing the District’s ability to bring water from the ground to the homes in the community.
“The water goes through a very methodical treatment, testing and sampling process before being pumped to homes, resulting in the highest possible water quality,” continued Chairman Schweitzer. “The District’s proactivity and investment in infrastructure upgrades is planting the seed for a bright future for Hicksville’s water.”
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