PUBLIC WORKS

The Public Works Department is responsible for providing lake management, parks and grounds maintenance, recycling, sanitation, street maintenance, wastewater, water, and building and vehicle maintenance (for POA facilities and vehicles).

Hot Springs Village Public Works Department provides utility installation, as well as lake management, parks and grounds maintenance, recycling, sanitation, street maintenance, water and wastewater operation and maintenance, and vehicle/building maintenance.

Holiday Sanitation Schedule

Utility Fees

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Recycling Schedule

Recycling Calendar

Sanitation Schedule

Sanitation Rules & Regulations

Lake Management

The Arkansas Games & Fish Commission stocks all Hot Springs Village lakes. Over the years, bluegill, green sunfish, channel catfish, blue and spotted bass, black and white crappie, carp and bait fish have been stocked.

The POA is responsible for the management of all twelve of the Village's lakes. Management includes buoy replacement, repair, and placement, inspecting boat ramps and dock areas, monitoring the aquatic health of vegetation, water quality, silt control and fisheries.

Parks & Grounds Maintenance

Parks and Grounds Maintenance provides upkeep to the landscape surrounding POA facilities and amenities. This crew also constructs and maintains the more than 20 miles of the Village trail system.

Recycling

The POA Recycling Department provides residents an opportunity to recycle newspaper, aluminum, cardboard and clear glass on a weekly basis through at-house pick up. Recycling boxes are provided for each resident and are collected curb-side every other week.

Recycling Schedule (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Recycling Calendar (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Yard Waste Pick-Up

The POA also provides pick-ups for leaves and small limbs every Wednesday. This yard waste pick-up must be scheduled with the Public Works Department at (501) 922-5524. There is a limit of 50 bags of leaves per pick up. Trimmings acceptable for pick-up include shrubbery, grass, limbs (must be bundled, four feet or less and weigh less than 50 lbs.), and lumber (untreated, unpainted, and four feet lengths or shorter. A bag tag is required for each bag of leaves and bundle of limbs. The tags are $.50 each and can be bought in sheets of 5 from the POA Administration Building.

Special Pick-Ups

The Property Owners' Association will also pick up discarded furniture, white goods, metal pieces (grills, play equipment, mowers, tv antennas), and other household items for a fee. Residents must contact Public Works and schedule these special pick-ups.

Recycling Center

The Hot Springs Village Recycling Center is open Monday through Friday from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. and in addition to the curb-side recycling items will also accept PET #1 and #2 plastics. The center is located behind the Animal Shelter at 299 Cloaca Lane.

Sanitation

The Hot Springs Village POA collects household waste at curbside once a week. Townhouse area are collected twice a week, and commercial areas use large collection boxes and are collected as required.

Household waste is collected on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday.

Sanitation Schedule (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Residential Household Waste

     Trash cans cannot be larger than 35 gallons.

     Items accepted in household waste are: food products, plastic products, non-recyclable paper products, none-recyclable metal containers, paint cans with dried paint and light bulbs.

Items Not Acceptable for Pick-Up

The Hot Springs Village POA will not pick for recycling or household waste any of the following items: chemicals, motor oil, anti-freeze, dirt and rocks, construction material (carpet, lumber, paint), batteries or logs.

Sanitation Rules and Regulations (Adobe Acrobat Required)

Holiday Sanitation Schedule

2010 Utility Fees

Street Maintenance

Ongoing maintenance of Village streets is the responsibility of the Property Owners' Association. There are over 400 miles of paved roadways and approximately 25 miles of asphalt are resurfaced each year.

Street Maintenance is also responsible for the mowing along the right-of-ways of the Village streets. Village streets are mowed in the springs and fall.

Water/Wastewater

The Property Owners' Association is responsible for providing water and wastewater services to Hot Springs Village.

The Village's water plant is located on Lake Lago, Hot Springs Village's only water reservoir, and is staffed 24-hours a day, 365 days a year.

The Village has two wastewater treatment plants, Mill Creek and Cedar Creek. These two plants are licensed, permitted and approved by the Environmental Protection Agency through the Arkansas Department of Environmental Quality.

An independent lab performs testing on samples from both treatment plants on a weekly basis.

In 2005, the Hot Springs Village Property Owners' Association began using treated water from the Cedar Creek treatment plant to provide a source of water to irrigate the Magellan and Isabella golf courses.

They also provide maintenance on water and wastewater lines throughout Hot Springs Village.

Building/Vehicle Maintenance

Building and Vehicle Maintenance is responsible for the upkeep, general maintenance and labor on POA facilities and vehicles. Many projects are conducted "in-house", thus providing savings, by using the labor and experience of these staff members.

Construction

The construction division of the Department of Public Works is responsible for the installation of all water, wastewater, and utility installations for new construction in Hot Springs Village.