Canton Breaks Ground On $70M Water Pollution Control Plant

CANTON, GA — The City of Canton broke ground Friday on the construction of a $70 million water pollution control plant expansion—the largest capital improvement project undertaken in the city’s history. Representatives from the project’s contractors, Clark Construction Group and joint venture partner Reeves Young, joined Canton officials for the ceremonial gold shovel groundbreaking, with special words from the Canton’s Mayor Bill Grant.

“After many years of planning and careful review, the City of Canton is extremely excited to begin work on our new water pollution control plant,” Grant said. “As the single largest municipal project in our city's history, this investment will ensure many more years of sustainable, high quality growth in Canton, and the initiative meets a big goal in our 'Roadmap for Success' tenet of 'Improving Infrastructure for Future Demand.'

“Even more exciting, is the fact the $70 million project will be fully funded by our water and sewer fund revenues, and the city's excellent credit ratings will result in millions of dollars in interest savings over the term of the project.”

Under their contract with the city, the Clark Reeves Young team will upgrade Canton’s primary wastewater treatment plant, increasing the plant’s capacity by 50 percent to handle six million gallons per day. The new facility also elevates the water treatment system to a higher standard of regulatory compliance with the installation of a membrane filtration system and upgrades to the solids handling process.

The joint venture team will perform all site work, site utilities, and a range of mechanical processes. As part of their scope of work, Clark Reeves Young will install additional grit removal equipment in the existing headworks and construct a new control building, laboratory, tertiary treatment system, and a new solids handling facility with aerobic digesters and a sludge dewatering building.

Clark brings over 40 years of water/wastewater experience and has completed more than $1.1 billion worth of work in the last decade across Maryland, Virginia, and Washington DC. Atlanta-based Reeves Young has served the region for nearly 70 years and brings strong relationships with local trade partners in the heavy civil, water resources, commercial, and industrial markets.

Project completion is slated for 2024.