Forsyth County officials held a ribbon cutting ceremony at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 12, for a recent expansion at the Forsyth County Water Treatment Plant (2255 Antioch Road) in north Forsyth. The expansion at the facility increased the peak water treatment capacity from 33 million gallons per day (MGD) to 40 MGD. Photos from the event can be found here.

“Facilities like this are critical assets and maintaining them requires long-term planning and a willingness to invest ahead of demand rather than to react to it,” said District 1 Commissioner Kerry Hill. “These upgrades to our Water Treatment Plant are about protecting our assets—to ensuring that Forsyth County is maintaining excellent service, strengthening resilience and guaranteeing that future generations of Forsyth County residents enjoy the same quality of life that makes this the best place to work, live and play.”

On average, the Forsyth County Water Treatment Plant currently produces over 14 MGD of safe, clean drinking water every day using a unique balance of conventional, membrane and ozone filtration technology systems. Together these systems provide a high degree of flexibility for handling seasonal water demands and water quality changes. During a time of high demand in 2025, the Forsyth County Water Treatment Plant produced 30 million gallons of water in a single day. 

The following improvements were made to enable the increase of water treatment capacity:

• Addition of a new flocculation and sedimentation basin and flow control vault
• Addition of three new membrane trains and associated equipment in existing tanks
• Addition of a Sodium Hydroxide Chemical Storage Tank
• Addition of a 700-HP finished water pump
• Addition of new sludge collection systems in the filter and membrane backwash basins

Additional improvements made to the facility:

• Addition of a new baffle wall to the raw water tank to improve water quality consistency
• Addition of a new filter gallery enclosure to improve the ability to maintain the conventional filter pipe gallery

“These improvements represent much more than an additional treatment capacity; they’re an investment in the reliability, resiliency and our ability to continue to provide safe, high-quality drinking water to residents and businesses in Forsyth County for decades to come,” said Water & Sewer Director Scott Adams at the ceremony.

The ceremony featured remarks from District 1 Commissioner Kerry Hill, Forsyth County Manager David McKee, Water & Sewer Director Scott Adams, Deputy Director Water/Wastewater Operations Steve Ratzlaff and Vice President of Operations for PC Construction Mike Yesalonia.

Construction of the Forsyth County Water Treatment Facility upgrades was provided by PC Construction. Funding for the expansion was provided by the Forsyth County Department of Water & Sewer, and total costs for the project were approximately $21 million.

For more information on the facility and the County’s water treatment process, click here.