The City of Watford City is home to a first-of-its-kind facility in North Dakota, which represents progress and planning for the future in the oil-rich Bakken region. The Watford City Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF) has been fully operational since November 2016.
Watford City is the smallest community in North Dakota to utilize staged anaerobic/anoxic/aerobic treatment via microorganisms to turn wastewater into irrigation water and reduce the amount of nutrients in the effluent discharged to Cherry Creek. It is also the first WRRF in North Dakota to have a continuous discharge permit to an ephemeral stream. The permit was issued by the North Dakota Health Department because of the Agency’s confidence in the technology and processes of this type of system, as well as the quality of water that is being released.
