RPMUD Info

River Plantation Municipal Utility District (RPMUD) has two plants: Plant and Well #1 at Charleston 1 has a 70,000-gallon tank; and Plant and Well #2 at Biloxi 16 and 17 has a 500,000-gallon water storage tank. The #3 well is located south of the women's tee box on Charleston 5. #3 well has been in operation for 10-11 years and services plant #2. East Plantation Utility District (EPUD) has two plants and two wells, each with a 500,000-gallon storage tank. The two plants/wells in EPUD are located across from the C-Store and on Cumberland.

Total capacity is over 1,500,000 million gallons of water storage in RP.

A "plant" is made up of these main components: Well, storage tank, hydro-pneumatic tank, generator and chlorine injection system. If any of these items break down, they can be repaired. If the pneumatic tank breaks down, the other components still work. In the event of a loss of either a well, hydro-pneumatic tank, generator, storage tank or chlorine injection system, we can tie into EPUD, and have done so when we had a problem at the #2 site.

At the RPCIA meeting on Tuesday, January 22, Richard Ramirez, Manager of RPMUD, said the new plant proposed for Charleston 5 was not for the property across the freeway. RPMUD on this side of the freeway is essentially built out. About a year ago, the cost of this project was $586,000. Now it is $689,000. This is an increase of over $100,000!

RPMUD supplies sewer service to EPUD. RPMUD has the only sewer treatment plant in RP.