COLLINSVILLE, Okla. — Collinsville has officially opened a new, multi-million dollar water treatment plant. The project has been in the works for five years, but it’s finally up and running.

Officials told FOX23 at Tuesday evening’s ribbon-cutting ceremony that the facility is needed to keep up with the quick growth in the city.

The original water treatment plant was built 43 years ago.

“This means better water, clean water,” said Collinsville City Manager Pam Polk. “We’ve done a really good job in the past, but this is only going to enhance what we have been able to do.”

The new, $8.6 million water treatment plant is designed to treat two million gallons of water per day for the city of Collinsville.

“New building, new equipment. Our crews out there have had to operate everything manually up until now,” Polk explained. “It’s all automated and brand new.”

The engineer behind the facility said its designed to provide all of Collinsville water needs for the next 30 years of growth. Polk said that long lifespan of the plant is another reason why the city allocated funding to build it.

According to the city of Collinsville, the town is ranked the 8th Fastest Growing City in Oklahoma. Resident Clint Smith said he’s seen that development in real time.

“Collinsville has grown tremendously over the last 10 years. There’s been a lot of development and a lot of housing and stuff on both ends of town,” Smith said.

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