Johns Creek, Fulton Leaders Celebrate Reuse Water Main Opening

JOHNS CREEK, GA — Fulton County and Johns Creek leaders on Wednesday celebrated the opening of the Johns Creek reuse water main at the Country Club of the South.

The ceremony was held May 30 to commemorate the completion of a $13.5 million project at the golf course at 4100 Old Alabama Road.

The project installed about 30,000 linear feet of new 20- and 24-inch diameter pipe to provide reuse water from the Johns Creek Environmental Campus to existing reuse water customers, which include five golf courses, two churches and the city.

During the ceremony, Fulton County District 1 Commissioner Liz Hausmann spoke on the impact the reuse water would have on the commercial golf courses.

“We are very pleased to restore reuse or grey water access to these customers,” said Hausmann. “Finding a solution to reinstate the ability for them to irrigate during drought conditions will ensure that the industry of golf will continue to be strong, protecting jobs, property values and a high quality of life in northeast Fulton County. Working through the process to restore Fulton County’s good standing with the Georgia EPD as a result, speaks volumes of the healthy relationship that has grown between Fulton County and the city of Johns Creek.”

The project was broken into three phases, and each phase was done to minimize its impact on the surrounding area. For instance, the second phase included laying new pipe along Barnwell Road to the Environmental Campus on Holcomb Bridge Road. Work in this phase was shifted to nights to minimize traffic impact as much as possible while maximizing productivity. Those efficiency gains led to the main being in service weeks before the deadline of June 1, 2018.

“Dick Anderson worked diligently to help come up with an equitable solution from the start of his tenure county manager for Fulton County,” Hausmann added. “We have achieved an outcome we can all be proud of.”

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