1. City of Valdosta
Utilities Department

2. Fast Facts Utility Staff 83
Water Treatment Facility Capacity Million Gallons per day
Drinking Water Treated Billion Gallons per year
Three Elevated Storage Tanks and Capacity 3.5 Million Gallons
Ground Level Storage Tanks and Capacity 4.5 Million Gallons
Miles of Water Lines
# of Water Valves
# of Fire Hydrants
2 Wastewater Treatment Facilities Million Gallons per Day peak capacity
Wastewater Treated Billion Gallons per Year
Miles of Sewer Lines
# of Manholes
# of Lift Stations 35
Water Customers Billed 21,460 Customers/Month
Sewer Customers Billed 19,998 Customers/Month
Water Revenues $ 6,190,911.00
Sewer Revenues $ 9,129,970.00
44,404 of the estimated 45,114 utility features within the city limits have been located and logged with GPS

3. Compliance Monitoring
Organizational Chart
Director of
Utilities
Central Lines
Distribution
Collection
Central
Maintenance
Compliance Monitoring
Laboratory
Water
Treatment
Plant
Mud Creek
WWTP
Withlacoochee
Warehouse
Assistant
Admin Staff

4. Administration
Provides oversight, direction and planning of the short and long term activities of the Utility Department including but not limited to:
Budgetary and Accountability Responsibilities
Capital Improvement Planning
Replacement and Rehabilitation Planning for all Infrastructure
Career Track Planning and Implementation
Modernization and Automation of facilities
Updates and Introduction of pertinent Utility Ordinances (
Construction Standards and Specifications (
Compliance with all federal, state, and local
environmental requirements pertinent to water and sewer.
GIS Division – Responsible for maintaining and
gathering information for the GIS mapping system. ( Maps

6. Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

7. Central Lines
Water Distribution/Sewer Collection – Provides for the safe, continuous operation and maintenance of all underground infrastructure to ensure both water and sewer service is uninterrupted to our customers.
There are approximately:
384 miles of sewer lines and mains.
425 miles of water lines and mains.

9. Smoke Testing Sanitary Sewer System
Hired Constantine Engineering
Estimated $700,000 to test 300 miles of sewer lines
Timeframe: January 2014 – December 2018
4 year process
Year 1: 60 miles (FY 14 Completed)
Year 2: 60 miles (FY 15 Completed)
Year 3: 60 miles (FY 16 Completed)
Year 4: 120 miles (FY17 Completed)
During this project, the following were found:
1,351 defects found
Over 14,376 ft of sewer pipe has been rehabilitated using CIPP
134 manholes with defects, which 104 have been repaired
City staff performed additional smoke testing finding another 91 defects which have been repaired

10. CIPP
Before
After

11. CIPP
Before
After

12. Manhole Rehab
Before
After

13. Central Maintenance
Central Maintenance performs essential preventative and corrective maintenance ( >7,500 work orders year to date) on all facilities including:
Sewer Lift Stations.
Both Wastewater Treatment Plants.
Water Treatment Plant and associated remote facilities.
Their work includes maintenance of all electrical, mechanical and electronic systems, as well as telemetry equipment.

15. Compliance Monitoring
The Environmental Manager is responsible for the following to ensure full compliance with all state and federal regulatory requirements for multiple programs.
Backflow Prevention Program
FOG (fats, oils and greases) Program
Wastewater Laboratory Analyses
Storm water and Watershed Sampling
Industrial Pretreatment Program
As well as other necessary sampling and analyses performed as required.

16. Top left is Steve Patelski at the Water Treatment Plant.
Top right is Jamie Dotson and on bottom left is Laboratory Supervisor, Greg Gandy, of the Central Wastewater Lab at the Mud Creek Wastewater Treatment Plant.

17. Water Treatment
The Valdosta Water Treatment Plant provides the safe potable water needs and fire protection necessities for the entire city.
Capable of producing up to 22.5 million gallons of water per day with an average daily flow of 11.0 million gallons per day.

19. WastewaterTreatment Systems Overview
Mud Creek WPCP
Renovation and expansion completed in 2012 – $41 million GEFA Loan
Capacity of 5.7 MGD as an average annual daily flow
Capability to treat peak flows up to 17.0 MGD

21. Withlacoochee WPCP Capacity of 12 MGD as an average annual daily flow
Capability to treat peak flows up to 18 MGD
Capability to treat peak hourly flow with EQ basin up to 38 MGD
Contract Awarded to Parsons on June 19, 2014
Completed June 2016
Project Cost: $23 million – SPLOST VII Funding

23. New Force Main Project / New Withlacoochee Wastewater Treatment Plant
Total project cost is $59+ million
Force Main Project:
Contract Awarded to Garney Construction on April 24, 2014
2 master and 2 minor pump stations
Over 6 miles of force main
New headworks structure
6 million gallon (MG) flow equalization (EQ) basin
Project Cost: $37.7 million – Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) Loan
Completion date: July 2016

25. Gornto Road Pump Station

26. Remer Lane Pump Station

27. Force Main

28. Warehouse
Responsible for maintaining an onsite inventory of all materials used throughout the Utilities and Public Works Departments including but not limited to:
Water and Sewer piping.
Valves, Fire Hydrants.
Couplings, Repair clamps, Tools.
Water Meters, Manholes and Covers.
Cleaning materials, Office material, Equipment and Vehicle Spare parts, etc.

30. Additional Information
$4 - 5 million expended each year on regular repairs, maintenance, etc. throughout the system
From 1992 – 2013, the City has received $179 million in SPLOST funds and utilized on capital improvement projects. During the same timeframe, the City has expended $167 million for water/sewer projects from SPLOST proceeds, system revenues, bonds, and GEFA loans.
SPLOST VII is expected to generate about $150 million, of which Valdosta will receive $80 million. Nearly 70 percent of the funding will be dedicated to wastewater projects, which is $55.4 million.
The City will have spent over $250 million
on water / sewer projects from

31. Solar Panels Old Withlacoochee WWTP

32. Solar Panels New Withlacoochee WWTP

33. Solar Panels at Mudcreek WWTP

34. Solar Savings https://166.153.8.222:1020/relogin.asp

35. Utility Conflicts

36. Information
To get accurate and current information on the sewer improvements and activities visit:
Departments – select Utilities or
Top Stories / More Stories
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By doing this, it will help eliminate confusion. Example:
Broken sewer line on Blanchard St
Media coverage stated the spill was at the Withlacoochee Plant and showed a picture of plant; however, it was not related to the plant and in a different sewershed.