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705 Blount Avenue
Guntersville, AL 35976

Facts & Statistics

Water Facts

Guntersville relies on surface water from the Tennessee River Brown’s Creek embayment on Lake Guntersville at Sunset Treatment Plant and one groundwater well for our drinking water supply. We also purchase water from MUBAlbertville (surface water from Short Creek) to supply to our customers on Sand Mountain. Guntersville Water Board supplies drinking water to the customers of Asbury Water Authority in the Asbury-Martling community.

Water Treatment Facilities

Sunset Water Plant

2800 Willow Beach Rd. • (256) 582-5326


Capacity - Treatment

4.0 MGD Surface Treatment Plant + 1.0 MGD Well = 5.0 Rated Capacity


Statistics for Water Treatment Facility

  • 4200+ Water Customers
  • 150 Mile Mains - 1 1/2" to 20"
  • 1/2 PVC - 1/2 C. or D.I. Pipe
  • 1.2 Million Gallons Treated

Service Area

  • Arbor Acres on Sand MT to Tenn. River Bridge
  • South Hwy 79 - To Douglas System
  • East to Lake Guntersville State Park Hwy. 227
  • To Conners Island Industrial Park - Claysville

Eastlake Wastewater Treatment

3100 Lake Guntersville State Parkway • 256-582-2144


Capacity - Treatment

4.9 MGD - 32 Sewer Pumping Stations and 100 Miles Sewer Main 8" to 36"


Statistics for Water Treatment Facility

  • 3000+ Water Customers
  • Last Major Sewer Expansions:
    2002 - Conners Island Industrial Park
    2004 - 2005 Hwy 431 South - Sand Mt.

Service Area

  • Corporate City Limits of Guntersville

Water Board Facts

Employees

  • 24 Full time Employees
  • 6 Grade IV Certified Water Treatment Operators
  • 5 Grade IV Certified Waste Water Operators

Office Staff

  • 2 Clerks
  • 1 Bookkeeper

Maintenance & Construction

  • 5 Maintenance and Construction
  • 2 Meter Readers

System Facts

Average Adding 100-150 New Customers Per Year since 1995.

  • Additions to System - Residential Last 10 years
  • 10 New Subdivisions - 20 or more lots
  • Timber Walk - Riverview
  • Ridgefield 1-2 - Patterson Estates
  • Hualapai 1-3 Addition - Windward
  • Webb 1-4 Addition - Creek Ridge
  • Cedar Mill 1-3 Addition - Heritage Woods 1-2 Additions
  • Riverpointe

Water and Sewer

Expansions

  • Hwy 431 Sewer along both sides of 431 to Albertville
  • City Limits Joint Project with city to help attract commercial expansions along Hwy 431
  • Signal Point Water mains
  • Claysville - Conner's Island Industrial Park - Sewer and Water Expansion
  • Added Approx 120 New Fire Hydrants since 1995
  • 2005- Starting 44.2 million Wate Water Treatment Expansion of Headwork; improved airations systems and solids removal at East Lake Waste Water Treatment Plant

Previous Improvement and Expansions

  • 1994 - $3.2 million Water Plant Expansions Doubled capacity from 2 to 4 MGD Environmental Regulation from EPA - ADEM "0" Discharge Closed Blount Water Treatment Plant Sept. 1993
  • Approx. 15,000 FT 20" - 12" - 10" Mains along Willow Beach and Sunset Drive to North town and Hwy 79. Helped our Flows and Volume Problems
  • 450,000 Rehabilitation of Waste Water Plant - New Aeration for our Digestors for odor control sludge volume.
  • Waste Water Sludge Land Application - 300 to 350 Wet tons per month.

Water Monitoringand Testing

Daily Basis: Operation

  • Monitor PH, Alkalinity, CL2 Residual
  • Fluoride Content Along with the various feed rates for chemicals

Quarterly:

  • Organic Contaminants TTHM's
  • Haloactic Acids - Disinfectant

Bi-Montly:

Bacteriological Monitoring Different Locations in System. According to Population Served.


Yearly:

  • Inorganic and Radiological
  • Arsenic - Metal - Mercury-Asbestos - Nickel
  • Cyanide - Lead
  • Lead and Copper Sampling:
  • 50% Samples where lead services lines were installed.
  • Homes built before 1987 - Lead and Copper
  • 1996 - 1997 40 Samples - 20 Samples 1998
  • 2001 - 20 Samples

Trends In Water - Waste Water Treatment

Virus - Parasite - Cryptosporidium - Giardia Outbreaks - Milwaukee - Carrolton, GA.

Intestinal Dis-Orders can cause Death in Elderly or people with low immune systems.

  • SDWA - Amends - 1996 Passed
  • Public Awareness - CCR Reports
  • Source water Assessment
  • Well - Head protection
  • Flushing Program
  • Corrosive Inhibitor