Atlanta Sewer System

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Atlanta Sewer System

• Amy Russ
• Alex Clark
• Peggy Cooke

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Outline

• Atlanta Sewer System Today
• Replacement of the System
• Plans
• Cost and Funding
• Who is paying for this system?

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Atlanta Sewer System Today
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• Many pipes are nearly 100 years old
• Problems with Old Pipes
• Combined Sewage Outflow
• Sanitary Sewage Overflows
• Clean Water Atlanta

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Replacement of the System
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• Over the next 12 years, the City of Atlanta will
  inspect, repair and where necessary, replace
  every foot of the 4,000 miles of sanitary sewers
• 5 Point Plan

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Sewer System Evaluation

• Will evaluate over 60,000 manholes and 2,200
  miles of sanitary sewers
• Evaluation is determined by categorizing sewers
• Sewer sheds
• Sewer groups

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Cost and Funding

• City must pay a civil penalty
• The citizens are forced to pay for the
  replacement
• Water bills have increased between 10 and 40
• Middle to lower class
• Small businesses

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This is a clear case of you have to pay now or
you pay later and lateris always more
costly. -Mayor Shirley Franklin
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Is the 5 Point Plan a good idea? Are there better
ways of tackling this problem?
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References

• Brush, Shirley. The Pipe Dreamer. USNews.com.
  October 31, 2006. http//www.usnews.com/usnews/new
  s/articles/051031/31franklin.htm
• Clean Water Atlanta (CWA) Overview.
  http//www.cleanwateratlanta.org/Overview/
• Capelouto, Susan. Atlanta Faces Daunting Sewer
  Rebuild. Georgia Public Broadcasting.
  http//www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?story
  Id1804678
• Overloaded and Underfunded Atlantas Aging
  Infrastructure Needs a Clean Water Trust fund.
  www.foodandwaterwatch.org/water/your-water/GA5.pdf