Factoids

  • 1,145 miles of sewer inspected under Sewer Separation Evaluation Survey.   This is enough to loop Interstate 285 twenty-two times.
  • The City of Atlanta has repaired or replaced 347 miles of sewer under the Sewer Rehabilitation Program.  That is greater than the distance between Augusta, Georgia and Birmingham, Alabama.
  • Atlanta had water pipes before there were even telephone lines.  The first water pipes in the system were installed in 1875.  (Telephone service was introduced in 1877.-Atlanta History Center)
  • Atlanta's three drinking water treatment plants supply a total of 246.4 million gallons of finished water each day.   (Hemphill WTP, Chattahoochee WTP, and Chattahoochee River intake)
  • The City's wastewater reclamation centers (RM Clayton, South River, Utoy and Intrenchment Creek) treat approximately 220 million gallons of raw sewage each day.
  • The 8-mile West Combined Sewer Overflow(CSO) Tunnel can store up to 177 million gallons of stormwater overflow.