Spalding County Development Authority

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Utilities

Water
Water service to various industrial sites in Spalding County is provided by:

Agency	Raw Water Source	Gallons Capacity Day	Gallons Max Use Day	Gallons Avg Use Day	Gallons Surplus Day

Griffin Water & Waste Water Deptartment	Flint River Heads Creek Resevoir	25.2 MGD	10.23 MGD	7.9 MGD	1.45 MGD

Wastewater Treatment Facilities

The City of Griffin Water & Wastewater Department operates three wastewater aeration-type digestive system plants providing primary and secondary sewerage treatment. Spalding County Water & Sewerage Authority currently provides no sewer service.

City of Griffin	Potato Creek WPCP	Cabin Creek WPCP	Shoal Creek WPCP
Gallons per day of surplus	0.495 MGD*	0.550 MGD	0.683 MGD
Sewerage treatment capacity available for a new industry.
Design Capacity	2.000 MGD	1.500 MGD	2.25 MGD
Average Daily Flow	1.505 MGD	0.950 MGD	1.567 MGD
Maximum Daily Flow	2.375 MGD	1.880 MGD	3.004 MGD
*MGD = Million gallons per day.

Electric Power
Electric power is distributed in defined districts of Spalding County by the City of Griffin/Griffin power, Georgia Power Company or Central Georgia Electric Membership Corporation. New customers requiring over 900 kW connected load (outside the 1973 municipal limits) are, by state law, “choice” customers and may choose their supplier. Spalding County is served from Georgia’s jointly owned Integrated Transmission System (ITS); the transmission voltages are 230 kV, 115 kV, 69 kV and 46 kV.

Extremely reliable power service can be provided to a new facility, with dual-loop feed if necessary. Under this method of service, a fault in one source of power would automatically result in switching to another source. Rate information will be provided based on requirements that you provide the GSDA.

Natural Gas

Most of Spalding County’s industrial plants are heated with natural gas. As a result of deregulation of the natural gas industry, customers must select an independent marketer to supply their natural gas service; more than 15 marketers are certified by the Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC). The natural gas is delivered through the distribution system owned, operated and maintained by Atlanta Gas Light Company. Gas availability is plentiful, and the state’s natural gas rates are competitive with most other areas of the country.

Fuel oil for industrial use is available from several area suppliers as is coal (purchased in carload quantities through Atlanta-area brokers). Liquefied propane is distributed by a number of suppliers in Spalding County.