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The history of the Newark Water Treatment Plant began in 1886 when the privately owned Newark Water Company began operation of a pumping and distribution system. In 1905, the City of Newark began construction of its own pumping station and distribution system. Five years later, the City purchased the Newark Water Company and merged that system with the municipal system.
As water treatment technology evolved, the City continued to upgrade the plant. Water softening and filtration ficilities were constructed in 1922, providing the plant with 6.0 million gallons per day (MGD). In 1944 the capacity was increased to 9.0 MGD, and the plant's six sand filters were placed under cover. in 1950, the original steam-driven pumping equipment was replaced with electrically powered pumps.
Many other improvments were made to the treatment and distribution systems during the years that followed. Flouridation was implemented in 1956, and followed the 1959 flood, in which original dam on the North Fork of the Licking River was lost, a new dam was constructed. Sludge drying lagoons were built in 1964, and filter backwash recycling was initiated in 1974.
Now, with the advances implemented between 1992, and 1996 under the Phase I and Phase II Improvements Contracts, the Newark Water Treatment Plant will readily meet the City's needs well into the 21st century. 
Water Treatment Plant
City of Newark Division of Water and Wastewater
34 S. Fifth St. || Newark, OH 43055
Phone: 740.670.7940 || Email: wateradm@newarkohiowater.net
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