Thursday, April 10, 2013
The water plant at Waller Park in Roswell, Georgia may be getting a facelift soon. Plans are in the works for early next January to update the 80 year old facility. Currently the plant can process and treat 2.8 million gallons of water taken from Big Creek, which runs below the facility, each day. Stringent tests are performed on the water as it enters and exits the plant multiple times a day. The new facility would include a 10 million gallon storage facility that would allow residents of the city not to have to pay extra taxes to Fulton County when the water levels in the creek become lower. I had the chance to spend an hour or so with a couple of the employees at the plant as they explained how the treatment process works.
The 80 year old City of Roswell water plant located on the southwest corner of Waller Park draws around 2.8 million gallons of water from Big Creek per day.
Josh Brazeal, a water quality specialist at the water plant on the southwest corner of Waller Park in Roswell, monitors the plants systems on a computer on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Roy Fowler, the assistant manager at the water plant on the southwest corner of Waller Park in Roswell, explains the process of drawing water from Big Creek on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Josh Brazeal, a water quality specialist at the water plant on the southwest corner of Waller Park in Roswell, takes a sample to test for settled water turbidity on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.
Josh Brazeal, a water quality specialist at the water plant on the southwest corner of Waller Park in Roswell, performs a pH test on a sample on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.