Facts & Statistics

Sunset Water Plant

2800 Willow Beach Rd. • (256) 582-5326

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Capacity - Treatment

4.0 MGD Surface Treatment Plant + 1.0 MGD Well = 5.0 Rated Capacity

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Statistics for Water Treatment Facility

• 4200+ Water Customers
• 150 Mile Mains - 1 1/2" to 20"
• 1/2 PVC - 1/2 C. or D.I. Pipe
• 1.2 Million Gallons Treated

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Service Area

• Arbor Acres on Sand MT to Tenn. River Bridge
• South Hwy 79 - To Douglas System
• East to Lake Guntersville State Park Hwy. 227
• To Conners Island Industrial Park - Claysville

Eastlake Wastewater Treatment

3100 Lake Guntersville State Parkway • 256-582-2144

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Capacity - Treatment

4.9 MGD - 32 Sewer Pumping Stations and 100 Miles Sewer Main 8" to 36"

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Statistics for Water Treatment Facility

• 3000+ Water Customers
• Last Major Sewer Expansions:
  2002 - Conners Island Industrial Park
  2004 - 2005 Hwy 431 South - Sand Mt.

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Service Area

• Corporate City Limits of Guntersville

Employees

• 36 Full-time Employees
• 8 Grade IV Certified Water Treatment Operators
• 7 Grade IV Certified Wastewater Treatment Operators

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Office Staff

• 6 Clerks / Customer Service Representatives
• 1 Bookkeeper
• 1 Human Resource Coordinator

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Maintenance & Construction

• 7 Maintenance and Construction
• 2 Meter Readers

System Facts

Average Adding 100-150 New Customers Per Year since 1995.

• Additions to System - Residential Last 10 years
• 10 New Subdivisions - 20 or more lots
• Timber Walk - Riverview
• Ridgefield 1-2 - Patterson Estates
• Hualapai 1-3 Addition - Windward
• Webb 1-4 Addition - Creek Ridge
• Cedar Mill 1-3 Addition - Heritage Woods 1-2 Additions
• Riverpointe

Expansions

• Hwy 431 Sewer along both sides of 431 to Albertville
• City Limits Joint Project with city to help attract commercial expansions along Hwy 431
• Signal Point Water mains
• Claysville - Conner's Island Industrial Park - Sewer and Water Expansion
• Added Approx 120 New Fire Hydrants since 1995
• 2005- Starting 44.2 million Wate Water Treatment Expansion of Headwork; improved airations systems and solids removal at East Lake Waste Water Treatment Plant

Previous Improvement and Expansions

• 1994 - $3.2 million Water Plant Expansions Doubled capacity from 2 to 4 MGD Environmental Regulation from EPA - ADEM "0" Discharge Closed Blount Water Treatment Plant Sept. 1993
• Approx. 15,000 FT 20" - 12" - 10" Mains along Willow Beach and Sunset Drive to North town and Hwy 79. Helped our Flows and Volume Problems
• 450,000 Rehabilitation of Waste Water Plant - New Aeration for our Digestors for odor control sludge volume.
• Waste Water Sludge Land Application - 300 to 350 Wet tons per month.

Daily Basis: Operation

• Monitor PH, Alkalinity, CL2 Residual
• Fluoride Content Along with the various feed rates for chemicals

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Quarterly:

• Organic Contaminants TTHM's
• Haloactic Acids - Disinfectant

Bi-Montly:

Bacteriological Monitoring Different Locations in System. According to Population Served.

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Yearly:

• Inorganic and Radiological
• Arsenic - Metal - Mercury-Asbestos - Nickel
• Cyanide - Lead

• Lead and Copper Sampling:
• 50% Samples where lead services lines were installed.

• Homes built before 1987 - Lead and Copper
• 1996 - 1997 40 Samples - 20 Samples 1998
• 2001 - 20 Samples

Virus - Parasite - Cryptosporidium - Giardia Outbreaks - Milwaukee - Carrolton, GA.

Intestinal Dis-Orders can cause Death in Elderly or people with low immune systems.

• SDWA - Amends - 1996 Passed
• Public Awareness - CCR Reports
• Source water Assessment
• Well - Head protection
• Flushing Program
• Corrosive Inhibitor