Big Creek Water Facility Expansion Meeting On March 29 (ICYMI)

ROSWELL, GA — Fulton County wants your feedback on plans to upgrade and expand the Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility in Roswell. The Department of Public Works will hold a meeting on Thursday, March 29 to provide information on this project.

The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Chattahoochee Nature Center at 9135 Willeo Road in Roswell. The agency recently awarded the progressive design-build contract for the project, which is part of Fulton's Capital Improvement Program.

Residents who attend Thursday's meeting will be provided with an overview of the timeline, scope and benefits of the expansion. Of course, you will be allowed to weigh in on the project.

The Big Creek Water Reclamation Facility serves the largest service area, and receives the largest amount of wastewater flow of all the reclamation facilities in the county's northern service area outside the city of Atlanta. According to the county's website, the service area is about 70 square miles and includes Roswell, Alpharetta, portions of Milton and areas of Cobb and DeKalb counties.

The facility was originally constructed at its current location in 1969 with a treatment capacity of 0.75 millions of gallons per day. Several upgrades and expansions have been completed on the facility to its current permitted treatment capacity of 24 MGD.

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The project will upgrade and expand the facility from 24 to 38 million gallons per day to meet the projected wastewater treatment demands from future growth and eliminate odors from the facility. The project is expected to be Fulton County's largest public works project in the next 50 years.

For more information, contact David Clark at 404-612 -2804 or david.clark@fultoncountyga.gov or Brandon Ward at 404-612-7467 or Brandon.ward@fultoncountyga.gov.

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