An initial discussion on having Peachtree City sell limited sewer capacity to Tyrone was held at the Jan. 7 meeting of the Peachtree City Council. The council will hear more on the issue on Jan. 21.
City Manager Jon Rorie in the proposal asked the council to consider authorizing the Peachtree City Water and Sewerage Authority (WASA) to extend sewer to Tyrone with a maximum capacity of 350,000 gallons per day.
Rorie said WASA has a 6 million gallon per day capacity and is currently using 3.1 million gallons per day.
Peachtree City today has a population of approximately 34,000. Projections, including the establishment of the West Village area along MacDuff Parkway, will bring the city population to approximately 43,000 at build-out, Rorie said while noting the low expectation of any major annexations in future.
The addition of Wilksmoor Village on the city’s west side will add another 1 million gallons per day to the current 3.1 million. That total of 4.1 million gallons per day, and the addition of 350,000 gallons per day to Tyrone, would result in a total of 4.45 million gallons per day of sewer usage, leaving a remaining capacity surplus of 1.5 million gallons per day.
In terms of water usage, WASA increased the number of customers from 8,688 in 1998 to more than 10,600 in 2015. Yet actual water usage during those years decreased from 105 million gallons in October 1998 to just over 80 million gallons in October 2015.
Rorie said efficiencies such as low-flow devices have contributed to decreased water usage even though the number of customers has increased.
Rorie noted that more than half of his personal water bill goes to paying down the bond debt used to construct the sewer system.
The presentation was intended to be a initial discussion, Rorie said, adding that a WASA representative will make a presentation at the Jan. 21 council meeting.
