In early May, Fulton County (Georgia) Public Works had its first true test.
A storm hit the area, producing 6 inches of rain over the course of a couple days — the type of rain event that for years consistently caused sanitary sewer overflow problems for the utility. But this time was different. In the storm’s aftermath, the utility had zero SSOs to report and deal with.
“It was the first time in the history of the county that we had no reported spills,” says Roy Barnes, deputy director of sewer and wastewater treatment operations for the utility. “Normally when we have rain
