Smoke Testing Project – Final Update – July 6, 2025

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As part of our continued partnership with the Brunswick-Glynn Joint Water and Sewer Commission, McKim & Creed will begin fieldwork for the Smoke and Dye Testing Services Project on Monday, October 27, 2025.

Como parte de nuestra colaboración continua con la Comisión Conjunta de Agua y Alcantarillado de Brunswick-Glynn, McKim & Creed comenzará los trabajos de campo para el Proyecto de Servicios de Pruebas con Humo y Tinte el lunes 27 de octubre de 2025.

Distribution of smoke notices began on October 27th, 2025, and smoke testing was started October 28th, 2025. Because of Brantly County forest fires in southwestern Georgia, all field work was temporarily suspended in early May 2026. After the suspension was lifted, field work was completed on May 18th, 2026. Within the basins selected for inspection, 1,069,148 feet of mainline smoke was tested. A total of 1123 defects were located during the smoke testing, and these are summarized below by defect type and area.

Each smoke defect was reviewed, and a repair recommendation was created. These recommendations were assigned a priority ranking of 1 to 3 based on the following criteria:

• Priority 1 defects are recommended to be repaired first, and these are typically located in
  locations subject to larger amounts of runoff such as depressions, ditches, area drains or
  stormwater structures.
• Priority 2 repair recommendations generally include manhole covers in streets, cleanout
  defects in yards, and similar inflow sources.
• Priority 3 is assigned to smoke defects that are likely to contribute the least amount of
  inflow but still should be considered for repair. These defects may be above grade and
  not subject to runoff during a typical rain event but could still contribute extraneous flows
  through direct rainfall or during extreme events that may cause flooding around the
  defect.

Please visit our Annual Goals Page to stay informed on the progress of each defect repair.