608 First St. West Hampton, SC 29924 Phone: (803) 943-2951 Fax: (803) 943-0063 Hours: Monday - Friday Email: hamptonpublicworks@embarqmail.com
Danny Padgett Public Works Director
W.C.(Caskell) Hudson Utilities Manager
The public works director is given broad objectives under limited supervision, plans, directs, and oversees the public works functions of the Town. Includes responsibility for solid waste sanitation operations, water and wastewater treatment, streets and vehicle maintenance, utilities, and related functions. The water tank on Holly Street in Hampton holds 100,000 gallons of water. The water tank on Jackson Avenue in Hampton holds 150,000 gallons of water. The estimated length of the water and sewer line is about 27 miles. The director reports to the Mayor and Council.
500 Saluda St. Hampton, SC 29924 Phone: (803) 943-4835 Email: hamptontp11@yahoo.com
Cynthia E. Moberly Plant Manager/Lab Director
Danny Zorn Plant Operator/Maintenance Technician
Vernon Murdaugh Plant Operator/Maintenance Technician
Our facility is responsible for an array of functions that mostly go unnoticed unless we don't do our job. Then the whole Town of Hampton will notice. Some of our primary duties are but not limited to, testing the quality of the Town's drinking water on a daily basis to ensure that the water is safe for drinking and meets DHEC's guidelines. The treatment plant receives, treats, and reintroduces into the environment an average of 800,000 gallons of wastewater a day. The treatment process begins by screening out any non-organic material that will not break down in the treatment process. The wastewater then enters a series of lagoons where it is mixed with air which allows the organic material to start the break down process and activates the micro-bacteria which is natures cleaning service. It generally takes five days for the wastewater to pass through all five aerated lagoons. The now cleaned water is ready for the next step, the filtering process. At this point, the treated water is passed through a filtering system that consists of eight sand beds, each slightly more than a half acre in size. The sand beds remove any remaining impurities. The final stage of the processing involves chlorination to disinfect the water. Then the chlorine is removed and the water is re-released into the environment after extensive testing to make sure that the treated water meets all the requirements set forth by both DHEC and EPA.
Most people never think about where the water comes from until their monthly water bill arrives.. And they rarely think about where it goes once it leaves their homes. All they know is water in, water out. We are the middlemen between water in and water out. We check it on the way in and treat it on the way out.