Water & Wastewater

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flintCleanoutThe City of Griffin owns and operates two (2) Drinking Water Treatment Facilities, two (2) Drinking Water Reservoirs, and three (3) Water Pollution Control Plants along with numerous ancillary pumping stations, drinking water distribution system, and wastewater collection system.

Mission

The Georgia Environmental Protection Division has designated the City of Griffin to supply finished drinking water regionally to approximately 100,000 people. It is our commitment to provide the finest drinking water possible and deliver superior service to our customers at a reasonable cost. Our wastewater management program mission consists of the collection and treatment of wastewater through the development of CMOM (Capacity, Management, Operations and Maintenance Program). The goal of the Water and Wastewater Utility are to provide an overall quality program for our customers.

The City of Griffin has been treating and distributing drinking water since the 1890's. The system has two withdrawal points on the Upper Flint River, one just north of the City of Griffin supplying Harry Simmons Water Treatment Plant and Heads Creek Reservoir and a second one north of Molena supplying Still Branch Reservoir. The City of Griffin owns and operates a regional distribution system permitted to provide up to 25.2 million gallons per day (MGD) of treated drinking water to the following communities: Griffin, Williamson, Zebulon, Concord, Pike County, Spalding County, part of Coweta County and Meriwether County.

The City of Griffin is also the owner and operator of three Water Pollution Control Plants and one Land Application System. Griffin began wastewater collection and treatment in the 1930's. Today the City of Griffin is permitted by the Georgia EPD to treat and discharge up to 6.75 million gallons per day (MGD) of wastewater from all of Griffin and parts of Spalding County.

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