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Utility Solutions, LLC is a privately held utility managed by Double-Tree Inc. The company is providing innovative solutions to the water and wastewater needs of the greater Four Corners area. The Four Corners area of Gallatin County is located eight miles west of Bozeman, Montana and eight miles south of Belgrade, Montana. Utility Solutions has planned, designed, constructed, and acquired facilities to provide water and sewer services to the existing Four Corners properties and to several large subdivisions recently developed in area. 

Water distribution systems and wastewater collection systems for the Utility Solutions service areas include infrastructure located in Elk Grove Subdivision, Northstar Subdivision, Galactic Park Subdivision, Rainbow Subdivision, Bozeman Hot Springs Subdivision, Middle Creek Parkland Subdivision, Black Bull Run Subdivision, Gallatin Heights Subdivision, and several adjoining properties. Several lift stations and large service mains carry wastewater to a Utility Solutions owned and operated wastewater treatment facility located in Elk Grove Subdivision.

The wastewater treatment facility is an Oxidation Ditch treatment system. The system consists of an extended aeration, complete mix process with aerobic sludge digesters and secondary clarification. The generated effluent is currently disposed using Infiltration/Percolation cells in below ground infiltrator chambers. Planned improvements to wastewater system include additional treatment capacity with Ultra-Violet treatment of effluent and additional disposal using a Rapid-Infiltration system.

Utility Solutions has two chlorinated water systems and supplies groundwater from the Quaternary alluvial aquifer in Upper Missouri River Basin Closure area. Due to the concerns of the impact a central water system would have on the local groundwater and the Gallatin River, Utility Solutions became the first Montana system to incorporate water mitigation. Utility Solutions diverts water from existing surface water rights and, through the use of recharge basins, water is infiltrated back to the aquifer to mitigate consumptive use.