Paper One noted, along with several other requirements, that the FACD includes a task to evaluate and rehabilitate the City of Atlanta's sanitary system. This paper -^sPaper Two - provides an overview of the City's approach to Sewer System Evaluation Surveys (SSES) and the Rehabilitation Selection process within the terms of the consent decrees. The mission of the SSES and Rehabilitation Selection Task is to establish a comprehensive and accurate inventory of the assets of the City's wastewater system; to identify sources of inflow and infiltration within the system and to perform a condition assessment of wastewater system assets, incorporating sewers, manholes and laterals. The City's wastewater system has been conveniently split into six sewer groups for the purposes of demarcating areas of the City to be studied over the 14 years period of the FACD. With the findings from this study an appropriate prioritized list is scheduled of sewers, manholes and laterals identified for remedial action. This procedure will be repeated for each of the six sewer groups in turn with the intention of implementing the work in a timely, low impact and cost effective manner. Reporting requirements include the submission of a report to EPA/EPD at the conclusion of each of the six SSES studies. Although not a prerequisite of the FACD nevertheless a decision was taken by the City of Atlanta at the time the consent decrees were signed in 1999, that in order to address the widespread problem of spills - which, as outlined in Paper One, amounts to over 550 SSOs (unpermitted discharges and spills to dry land) annually - that the entire public sewer system would be targeted for evaluation, i.e., 100% internal sewer condition assessment and 100% internal manhole condition assessment.
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