Energy Efficiency & Environmental Showcase Projects
Waste Water Treatment Plant The Tribe is in the process of increasing the capacity of its Waste Water Treatment System (Sewer Plant). The current facility is working at approximately 2.8 Million gallons per day. The new facility is expected to be able to handle six million gallons per day. The Tribe is now working on design for the facility. Please check this website for further details for plans and bid packages. Old Number Four Sewer Line In conjunction with the Soco sewer line, a new sewer line must be constructed to the waste water treatment plant. This line is projected to be 10-thousand linear feet long. It will take off from the end point of the Soco Sewer line. The difference with this line is that it will not only carry the flow of the Soco line it will also carry the flow coming from central Cherokee through the Big Cove community. This line will carry at least 2/3 of the daily flow of influent. The preliminary engineering report has not been completed for this project nor the environmental clearance or right of ways. There is considerable work by the Tribe prior to this project being considered for design by an engineering firm. This line could be expected to be as large as 60 to 72 inches in portions. This line will run through portions of the Old Number Four road, thus the name of the project. Status: Preliminary engineering completed The Youth Center Program has been searching for a site to construct a youth center. In earlier efforts the community had sought to place a facility next to the existing Jacob Cornsilk building in the Snowbird Community in Graham County. Bid date: Fall 2012 This $20 million dollar facility is grant funded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance – US Department of Justice. The Center will strengthen the Tribal justice system with the housing all Tribal law enforcement.
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These projects will be peformed at the Cherokee Welcome Center, Boundary Tree Visitors Building, Downtown Visitors Building.
Each of these buildings will be retrofitted with energy efficient elements and installed with renewable energy systems. The goal is to make the Welcome Center LEED certified and the Downtown Building achieve net zero energy status. 
