DeKalb County has spent about six percent of the $1.34 billion it will cost to upgrade its water/sewer system.

The county had to stop work on the first phase of expanding the Snapfinger wastewater plant last fall because of contract troubles.

But the county has begun planning the $250 million expansion, the largest single project in the overhaul, as that dispute lingers.

Other ongoing work includes the demolition of a water intake structure next to the Chattahoochee River and construction of new pump stations for the sewer system.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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