Click here to enlarge imageThe facility treats wastewater to near drinking water standards and then delivers the water to area golf courses, churches, residential developments and businesses for irrigation. This type of reuse lessens the amount of water withdrawn from the Chattahoochee River and reduces demand on the county's drinking water system.
Cauley Creek is the first advanced wastewater treatment site in Georgia to use ultra-filtration membrane technology and the first to have a comprehensive distribution reuse program. Privately built at no capital cost to Fulton County, the $29 million facility was constructed with architectural features that make it look like a farm barn in a pastoral setting surrounded by over 130 acres of hayfields.
These design features, as well as total odor and noise control, have resulted in an unobtrusive facility that blends into and preserves the existing rural environment. The facility has gained praise from the community as well as water resource advocates.
Cauley Creek was constructed by Reynolds, Inc. Parsons Engineering served as project engineer and the advanced ultra-filtration process technology was provided by Zenon Municipal Systems. JJ&G Services is the contracted facility operator.
"The Cauley Creek wastewater facility is breaking new ground in Georgia," said Ron Green, President/CEO of Cauley Creek Water Reclamation, LLC. "It utilizes state-of-the-art technology to convert a bi-product in to a valuable product."
Infrastructure for the project includes over six miles of 20-inch distribution piping that provides irrigation water to customers such as the Atlanta Athletic Club, St. Ives Golf Course and the Perimeter Church. Other groups have expressed interested in water from the plant, which was designed to be expanded up to 5.0 mgd using common walls.
