Byrds
Mill Spring:
With recorded flows in excess of 20 million gallons of water per day, Byrd's Mill Spring is truly an incredible resource. Acquired by forward-looking citizens in 1911, the famous spring has served as the primary water supply for the City of Ada for over 90 years.
Water from Byrd’s Mill spring flows to the Ada storage reservoirs via gravity. From there it is chlorinated and pumped to the water towers using five electric pumps. A back-up generator at the water plant assures continued availability of water in the event of a power failure. Pressure from the pumps and gravity flow from the water towers distributes the water through the city's system to homes and businesses throughout Ada and Pontotoc County.
Ada has 7,000,000 gallons of in-ground storage at the municipal water plant. There are 2,000,000 gallons of overhead storage in three water towers, the newest having been completed in 2001 using funds provided through an infrastructure sales tax approved by Ada citizens in 1998.