Today I visited an intake structure on the Chattahoochee for a new water treatment plant. At the structure, water is pumped out of the river and over to the plant for treatment and delivery to the public. The pump station has six 60 million gallon per day pumps. Shown above the ground in gray is the pump motor which is 2,700 horsepower and weighs 12 tons. This one pump station is capable of drawing 360 million gallons per day of water from the Hooch. Inconceivable!

The field trip was training since I'll be assisting on a pump station design for a much smaller water treatment plant out of town. Aside from a private tour of the new water reservoir in Cobb County, this is one of the coolest things I've seen.

-janelane, my job kicks ass