Johnson City cuts ribbon on new water and sewer services complex

The Johnson City Board of Commissioners joined city staff; representatives from Cain, Rash and West Architects; and GRC Construction to celebrate the completion of the new Johnson City Water and Sewer Services Complex located at 2250 Eddie Williams Road with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. The former 7-acre Water and Sewer Services Complex located at 901 Riverview Drive reached the end of its service life after 50 years of use. The previous facility had insufficient square footage to support future operations for the department. The new complex is host to 149 employees out of the over 180 total employees in the Water and Sewer Services Department with room to grow. This expansion is adaptive and forward-thinking, effectively meeting the needs of current and future staff. Among the many new features, the complex offers offices for City staff, a training room, conference rooms, storage, a new warehouse, a fueling station for all the city departments, truck wash bay, and a repair garage and machine shop for maintenance. The property on Eddie Williams Road was purchased in August 2020. The location is ideally situated near three key Water and Sewer Services treatment facilities. Funding for this project, which cost more than $15 million, was originally included in the Water and Sanitary Sewer System Capital Delivery Plan for fiscal years 2013-2016 as well as 2019-2022.