Watershed Management Unveils Capital Improvement Program

ATLANTA, GA -- The city's Department of Watershed Management has released its Capital Improvement Program (CIP) plan, designed to forecast system needs over a five-year period.

The proposed fiscal year 2015 through fiscal year 2019 plan totals nearly $1.06 billion and identifies requirements for sustaining, restoring and modernizing the facilities and infrastructure that support the water system, wastewater system, combined sewer control facilities and general maintenance and repair priorities in the Atlanta service area.

Watershed Management’s near-term capital program is highlighted by implementation of the Water Supply Program, the most substantial water system investment since development of the Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plant in 1962.

Under the Water Supply Program, Watershed Management will replace aging infrastructure, including water transmission lines more than 120 years old, and construct a new system to store source water delivered from the Chattahoochee River. The new five-mile system will connect the river intake facility and the Hemphill and Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plants with a new water storage facility located at the former Bellwood Quarry.

Once the $280 million project is complete, Atlanta’s water storage capacity will increase by up to 2.4 billion gallons.

The CIP also details plans to improve the City’s wastewater system including facility upgrades and sewer capacity relief projects that will increase wastewater collection capacity in accordance with SSO Consent Decree requirements. Additional projects under Watershed Protection, water quality control facilities and general facilities management are also outlined in the CIP. To access the CIP, click here.