When describing the Alabama Gulf Coast, most would think of the beautiful sandy white beaches, condo’s overlooking the emerald waters of the gulf, a sunset over Wolf Bay or spending the day on one of many islands. One rarely hears anyone speak of the infrastructure expansion, garbage disposal, under-grounding of utilities or the treatment of waste water but they are the vital services of any community . . . even a resort town like Orange Beach. City leaders have been planning for such improvements to infrastructure services for years as the growth of the city’s population along with the addition of thousands of units of vacation rentals which attract on peak weekends an estimated 100,000 plus tourists. On January 28th, the next step in future expansion becomes a reality.

Mayor Blalock and the Orange Beach City Council are pleased to announce the official groundbreaking ceremony for the new City of Orange Beach Waste Water Treatment Plant. The ceremony will begin at 1 PM on Monday, January 28, 2008 at the site which is located south of Canal Road between the Sportsplex and Powerline Road. A shuttle bus will be provided from the Orange Beach Sportsplex located at the end of William Silvers Parkway to the site as construction access is not paved for public travel at this time. According to Mayor Pete Blalock, “this new facility has been a long time in the works and we are extremely happy to be under construction to not only be prepared for future growth, but to finally relocate our existing plant away from heavily traveled Canal Road. The new plant will have an enclosed head-works along with the more isolated location to eliminate most odors affiliated with the service.”

The new facility will be built on approximately twenty acres within a total site of forty acres which allows for plenty of room for future growth.