North Georgia Water Resources Partnership Spring Annual Meeting/ Educational Seminar RUSSELL CREEK RESERVOIR April 25, 2018
OUTLINE Permits Obtained Design Phase Construction Phase Environmental Campus
PERMITS OBTAINED
PERMITS OBTAINED Existing Lake Proposed Reservoir Soil Conservation Service built No. 13 in 1968 11 acres 3.5 mi2 watershed Proposed Reservoir 137 acres 110’ tall Earthen Dam 1.3 Billion Gallons of Water
PERMITS OBTAINED Russell Creek Reservoir 17.3 MGD (peak day) 11.47 MGD (annual average) Serving 126,000 in 2057
PERMITS OBTAINED Wetland Credits Purchased Stream Credits Purchased (Over 2 Years) Land Purchased Cultural Mitigation Completed Funding Finalized
DESIGN PHASE
DESIGN PHASE
DESIGN PHASE Site Overiew
DESIGN PHASE Request for Proposals Freese and Nichols Golder / Wiedeman & Singleton Gannett Fleming / Parsons Schnabel Engineering / Arcadis
CONSTRUCTION PHASE Designed and Constructed to NRCS and Georgia Safe Dam Standards Remove Trees during the winter of 2019-2020 Must remove the Entire Existing Dam Completion Scheduled for Spring 2023
ENVIRONMETNAL CAMPUS
ENVIRONMETNAL CAMPUS
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