Watershed Management crews and the City’s contractor, Insituform/EPR joint venture, worked around the clock to complete phase one of the Peachtree Corridor sewer rehabilitation project in record time in order to keep traffic disruption in the heavily traveled area to a minimum. Crews excavated pits for the project using a new method that employs a vacuum truck to remove soil from the pit, eliminating the risk of damage to existing utilities. Working 24 hours a day in coordination with the Buckhead Community Improvement District and Atlanta Police Department Zone 2 officers, crews completed the work in seven days.
The City rehabilitated sewers from Georgia 400 to Maple Drive along Peachtree Road, using pipe bursting and cured-in-place pipe lining, trenchless methods of sewer rehab designed to minimize the need for excavation.
The sewer rehabilitation is part of the City’s capacity relief efforts, mandated by the Consent Decrees. The project is part of the $3.2 billion Clean Water Atlanta program designed to overhaul the City’s aging water and sewer infrastructure and provide residents and downstream communities with the cleanest, safest drinking water possible at the lowest possible cost. Phases two and three of the project have not yet been scheduled.
“The City has dozens of water and sewer projects underway right now,” said Commissioner Rob Hunter. “We understand that those projects are creating inconvenience for and disruption to our customers. When possible, we try to minimize the inconvenience, and this is a terrific example of how we were able to do that. These rehab projects will increase capacity in the area and extend the structural life of the area’s sewers by 50 years.”