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HCWSA Green Space

Existing reservoirs:

The following acres reflect the respective sizes of the Authority's five drinking water reservoirs:

  • Upper Towaliga (Ed L. Cole) Reservoir - 1,100 acres
  • Lower Towaliga (Robert W. Strickland) Reservoir - 121 acres
  • Long Branch (James H. Rowland) Reservoir - 277 acres
  • (S.H.) Gardner Reservoir - 209 acres
  • Tussahaw Reservoir - 1,466 acres

Mitigation sites:

  • Reservoir Buffer - 445 acres
  • Wetlands - 1,336 acres

Mitigation Sites for Tussahaw Reservoir:

  • Reservoir Buffer - 1,045 acres
  • Wetlands - 639 acres
  • Streams - 135,900 linear feet (301 acres)

Forests of Land Application Systems (LAS):

The land application system (LAS) sites owned and operated by Henry County Water include spray irrigation of treated wastewater on undeveloped forests that total these approximate acreage amounts:

  • Bear Creek LAS, Phase I = 60 acres
  • Bear Creek LAS, Phase II = 160 acres
  • Springdale LAS = 173 acres
  • Indian Creek LAS = 236 acres
  • Walnut Creek LAS, Phase I = 500 acres
  • Walnut Creek LAS, Phase II = 581 acres

The HCWSA is an EPA WaterSense Partner