Six land developers wanted to build separate subdivisions right outside the city limits of Cave Springs, Ark. Initial plans called for each one to handle wastewater in his own subdivision, as the city had no wastewater treatment plant. However, government officials asked the developers to consider one large decentralized system.Tom Bartlett, owner of Aqua Tech Systems LLC in Fayetteville, Ark., suggested a solution to the lead developer, Brett Hash, owner of Northwest Services LLC in Cave Springs. Bartlett’s proposal took more than three years to organize and involved two stages: a 92,400- gpd system called Fairway Valley Phase 1, and
