North Fork tank and pump station proposed for $17.47 million reserve transfer

Atlanta’s City Utilities Committee gave first reading Sept. 15 to an ordinance proposing to move $17,469,027 from water and wastewater reserves to the North Fork Storage Tank and Pump Station. The measure was sounded and forwarded to the full Council for referral; that action did not approve the budget change.

The Department of Watershed Management says it is constructing the project on Georgia Department of Transportation property near Sidney Marcus Boulevard and Buford Highway. Plans describe a 15-million-gallon storage tank, a pump station rated at 75 million gallons per day and a diversion structure intended to increase capacity and reduce sanitary sewer overflows. The project also includes widening and stabilizing Cheshire Farm Trail.