DWM | January 2020

JANUARY 2020

Water Supply Program Quarry/Chattahoochee/Hemphill

Update: The Quarry and Hemphill pump station buildings are substantially complete.   The Water Supply Program will increase Atlanta’s reserve water supply from three to five days to 30 to 90 days. The $320 million investment includes the construction of a five-mile tunnel connecting the Chattahoochee River, the Hemphill Water Treatment Plant, and the former Bellwood Quarry, which will be transformed into a 2.4 billion-gallon water reservoir. The Water Supply Program is currently scheduled for completion in April 2020.   Expected Completion: April 2020   Project Location: Northwest Atlanta   Council Districts: 3, 9   Neighborhood Planning Units: C, D, G, J, K

Upper Proctor Creek Capacity Relief Project Rodney Cook Sr. Park In Historic Vine City

Update: Retaining walls around the pond and fountain are complete and all storm sewer infrastructure is installed. Work on the liner needed to sustain the pond and wetlands is ongoing. Green infrastructure installation is underway and will continue through the end of the project. Elm Street is re-opened, and work continues on Walnut and Thurmond Streets. Placement of boulders and landscaping began last fall and continues through the end of the project. The Upper Proctor Creek Capacity Relief project: Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in Historic Vine City is a multi-phase effort to reduce flooding and combined sewer flows in the Vine City and English Ave neighborhoods.  The Upper Proctor Creek Capacity Relief project located within Rodney Cook, Sr. Park in Historic Vine City (Cook Park) consists of a collection of innovative stormwater practices designed to redirect surface runoff away from the Beckwith Trunk and Mineral Springs combined sewer systems. The components of this project include a 2-acre pond (9+ MG capacity), green infrastructure (bioretention, stormwater planters, rainwater harvesting cisterns, and soil restoration), aerating water features, separated storm drain pipelines, new sidewalks and roadway improvements. The Department of Watershed Management is working concurrently with The Trust for Public Land which is responsible for the build out of the adjacent park. The capacity relief facility is led by the Astra/Rohadfox, Joint Venture. In addition, The National Monuments Foundation will be constructing statues of historic figures throughout the finished park. Expected Completion:  April 2020   Project Location: Vine Street NW   Council District: 3   Neighborhood Planning Unit: L

Upper Proctor Creek - Boone Boulevard Green Infrastructure & Capacity Relief Project

Update:  Contractors continue to lay water main pipe on Joseph E. Boone Blvd NW at Andrew J. Hairston Blvd NW heading west towards Joseph E. Lowery Blvd NW. On the north side of Boone Boulevard, 20 new planter boxes are being installed, as well as a new sidewalk from Northside Drive towards Andrew J. Hairston Blvd NW.   This project will provide capacity relief to the North Avenue Combined Sewer Area and water quality improvements using the green infrastructure practice called bioretention, which is a specially landscaped area that captures runoff from an impervious surface and allows water to enter the soil. Proposed bioretention areas will span approximately 1.2 miles along Boone Blvd from Mayson Turner Road to Northside Drive that will collect stormwater runoff from along the sides of the road.   Expected Completion: March 2020   Project Location: Northwest Atlanta   Council District: 3   Neighborhood Planning Unit(s): L

Energy Services Performance Initiatives – Noresco

Update: The truck turnaround at the RM Clayton facility is near completion, as well as the installation of a natural gas line to the dryer building. Due to additional capacity, the natural gas meter to the plant has been upgraded. Work on the UV System continues, with Channels 1 and 4 complete. Channel 3 is scheduled to be tested.    Three Energy Conservation Measures (ECM) for a software system to optimize the City's water distribution system is being implemented: A new Class A bio-solids system, office space at RMC WRC, and a replacement of ultraviolet disinfection system with new Trojan UV Signa System. Expected Completion: December 2020 Project Location:  R.M. Clayton WRC Council Districts: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 Neighborhood Planning Units:  C, D, G

Energy Services Performance Initiatives – Schneider

Update: Training for the new thickening system will start this month at the Utoy Creek Water Reclamation Center (WRC), with startup beginning at the end of the January. A new influent gate will be installed on Channel 4; Once completed, the installation of the UV System will begin.   Out at the South River WRC, installation of the new Ammonia-Based Aeration Control (ABAC) is complete. Commissioning and startup will take place this month. Meter installation is also scheduled to be completed by end of January.   Facility infrastructure improvements are underway at the RM Clayton WRC, Hemphill Water Treatment Plant, South River WRC, Utoy Creek WRC, Chattahoochee Water Treatment Plant and 14th St. Administration Complex.   Expected Completion : December 2020   Project Location : RM Clayton WRC, Hemphill WTP (Settled Solids only), South River WRC, Utoy Creek WRC, Chattahoochee Water Treatment, and 14th St. Admin Complex   Council Districts : 1, 3, 8, 9, 10   Neighborhood Planning Units : C, D, E, G, H, Z

R.M. Clayton Nutrient Recovery System – Ostara

Update: The construction of the Nutrient Recovery Building at RM Clayton WRC is complete. During the month of January contractors will perform the 30-day commissioning test for final completion of the project.   The purpose of this project is to improve nutrient (phosphorus and nitrogen) removal within the R.M. Clayton WRC. Enhanced nutrient removal will improve permit compliance, reduce chemical and operating costs, and provide a reusable byproduct.   Expected Completion: December 2019   Project Location: R.M. Clayton WRC   Council Districts: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9   Neighborhood Planning Units: C, D, G

R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Center (WRC) Instrumentation/Controls Reliability Restoration

Update: Crews have reached substantial completion and will continue operational testing and startup. The R.M. Clayton Water Reclamation Center Instrumentation/Controls Reliability Restoration project will upgrade various outdated Distributive Control Systems (DCS) and Process Logic Controller (PLC) systems as well as add optical fibers and duct banks at the RM Clayton WRC. These systems monitor and control various process equipment and provide the interconnectivity required to treat wastewater to meet regulatory compliance permits. Expected Completion: February 2020   Project Location: Northwest Atlanta   Council District: 9   Neighborhood Planning Units: C, D, G

Neighborhood Planning Unit (NPU) The City of Atlanta is divided into 25 Neighborhood Planning Units (NPU), which serve as citizen advisory councils that make recommendations to the Mayor and City Council on zoning, land use, and other planning issues. NPUs also allow citizens to receive information about all functions of city government.

See neighborhoods located within listed NPUs below:

NPU-B Brookhaven Buckhead Forest Buckhead Village East Chastain Park Garden Hills Lenox Lindbergh/Morosgo North Buckhead Peachtree Heights East and West Peachtree Hills Peachtree Park Pine Hills Ridgedale Park  South Tuxedo Park NPU-C Arden/Habersham Argonne Forest Brandon Castewood Channing Valley Collier Hills Collier Hills North Colonial Homes Cross Creek Fernleaf Hanover West Memorial Park Peachtree Battle Alliance Ridgewood Heights Springlake Wesley Battlle Westminister/Milar Westover Plantation Wildwood Woodfield Wyngate NPU-D Berkley Park Blandtown Bolton Hills Park Riverside Underwood Hills Whittier Mill Village   NPU-G Almond Park Atlanta Industrial Park Bolton Hills Brookview Heights Carey Park Carver Hills Chattahoochee English Park Lincoln Homes Monroe Heights Rockdale Scotts Crossing West Highlands NPU-J Center Hill Dixie Hills Grove Park Harvel Homes Penelope Neighbors West Lake

NPU-K Bankhead Hunter Hills Knight Park/Howell Station Mozley Park Washington Park NPU-L English Avenue Vine City NPU-M  Castleberry Hill Downtown Old Fourth Ward NPU-O East Lake Edgewood Kirkwood The Villages at East Lake NPU-P Arlington Estates Ashley Courts Ben Hill Brentwood Briar Glen Butner/Tell Cascade Green Deerwood Fairburn Greenbriar Village Heritage Valley Huntington Kings Forest Lake Estates Meadowbrook Forest Mellwood  Mt. Gilead Woods Niskey Cove Niskey Lake Princeton Lakes Wildwood Forest NPU-S  Bush Mountain Cascade Avenue/Road Fort McPherson Oakland City Venetian Hills Westmont Estates NPU-T  Ashview Heights Atlanta University Center Harris Chiles Just Us The Villages at Castleberry Hill West End Westview

For more information about Watershed Management's Capital Improvement Program, visit http://www.atlantawatershed.org/cip/.

Department of Watershed Management 72 Marietta Street NW Atlanta, GA 30303

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