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DRAFT REPLY December 18, 1967 Mr. R.S. Howard, Jr. Executive Secretary State Water Quality Control Board 47 Trinity Avenue, S.W. Atlanta, Georgia 30334 Dear Mr. Howard: Thank you for your letter of November 17, forwarding a copy of "A Water Quality Study of Proctor Creek", outlining the biological condition of this stream. I am sure that our Water Pollution Control Division will find this information most helpful in working toward relief of the pollution problems in this area. You should be advised that the City of Atlanta has undertaken several actions to improve the conditions of Proctor Creek from the standpoint of both sanitary sewer overflows and general pollution due to combined .storm and sanitary overflows coming from the combined storm sewer system connected to that basin . I will briefly outline in the following para graph$ 1 some of the major actions planned for the basin in order that your of fice may be kept continually posted . You and your staff will be advised fur ther and in more deta il f regarding each proj ect ment i one d be low. The City plan s to provide a ma jor tempor ary treatment f acility i n the v i cinity of Hollywood Roa d to acconnnodate a major portion of the sanitary sewer ove r load t ha t exi sts i n t hat bas i n and to a llow further deve lopment i n the mont hs ahea d . Th i s plant will be so de signe d t ha t it may s erve a s a n a dequate trea t men t device fo r the period fr om mid- s ummer 1968 t hr ough mid- s ummer 1970 , until such time as the diversion line fr om the Proctor Creek Basin int o the Sandy Creek Ba s in and into the new enlarged Sandy Creek Water Pollution Control Plant is constructed. Detailed plans and specifications for the pr oposed system near Hollywood Road will be provided to your office in the near future . �2 A contract was recently let to relieve a small portion of the Bellwood Outfall sewer which has badly deteriorated over the years of its use and is an area of frequent break-down and spill to Proctor Creek. This contract will befurther extended immediately after the first of the year to provide for a similar relief to the lower end of the Bellwood Outfall and totally prevent overflows in this area. This was a major pollution point mentioned in the report that you o£fered us. The items mentioned above are in addition to the major Water Pollution Control Improvement Program laid on in 1966 by the City of Atlanta which will eventually lead to a drastic reduction of pollutional effects on the Chattahoochee River due to the construction of major trunk sewer facilities and new or improved water pollution control plants at the R.M. Clayton and Sandy Creek site. Unfortunately, the se major improvement s cannot be expected to show marked benef its until a pprox imate ly 1971. The items mentioned previously are intended to provide a more immediate relief to some particularly trouble some areas that exist at present or that can be antic i pated a s problem areas with the increasing deve lopment in this area. If this off ice can work with you in any way to further alleviate identifiable problem areas, please contact us immed iat e l y . Yours ve r y t r uly, I van Allen , J r . Mayor �