The majority of people only consider city water when something goes wrong. Water emerges from the tap when you turn it on, while the storage tanks, pipes and pumps remain out of sight. But Atlanta has always had a subtle weakness. Before the Water Supply Program, Atlanta had about three days of emergency raw-water reserves. The completed system expanded that reserve to more than 30 days, according to PC Construction project . The reservoir can hold 2.4 billion U.S. gallons, or about 9.1 billion litres, the Department of Watershed Management said.
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