City of Union Point, Greene County, Georgia-Evaluations
2011 - 1.0 MGD water treatment plant conventional surface water system. Principals were involved in evaluating the City’s surface water treatment plant as well as distribution system. The City’s water treatment and distribution system had received several deficiencies noted from EPD from a previously conducted sanitary survey. EMI evaluated the operation and condition of the surface water treatment plant as well as the distribution system to include all elevated water storage tanks and booster pumps stations. EMI has developed cost estimates to address all issues and is assisting the City of Union Point in completing deficiencies noted by EPD. Some of these items include, developing a SOP and O/M for water treatment plant and distribution system, developing a flushing program for distribution system, developing construction standards and details for distribution system, updating water system map, and developing plans and details in rehabbing one of the rapid sand filters at the surface water plant. EMI is continuing to assist the City in correcting all known deficiencies at the surface water treatment plant and distribution system.