1. North Georgia Water Resources Partnership Spring Annual Meeting/ Educational Seminar RUSSELL CREEK RESERVOIR
April 25, 2018

2. OUTLINE Permits Obtained Design Phase Construction Phase
Environmental Campus

3. PERMITS OBTAINED

4. 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

5. PERMITS OBTAINED Russell Creek Reservoir 17.3 MGD (peak day)
11.47 MGD (annual average)
Serving 126,000 in 2057

6. PERMITS OBTAINED Wetland Credits Purchased
Stream Credits Purchased (Over 2 Years)
Land Purchased
Cultural Mitigation Completed
Funding Finalized

7. DESIGN PHASE

8. DESIGN PHASE

9. DESIGN PHASE
Site Overiew

10. DESIGN PHASE Request for Proposals Freese and Nichols
Golder / Wiedeman & Singleton
Gannett Fleming / Parsons
Schnabel Engineering / Arcadis

11. CONSTRUCTION PHASE
Designed and Constructed to NRCS and Georgia Safe Dam Standards
Remove Trees during the winter of
Must remove the Entire Existing Dam
Completion Scheduled for Spring 2023

12. ENVIRONMETNAL CAMPUS

13. ENVIRONMETNAL CAMPUS

14. QUESTIONS?