Utilities

Sewer utility in Franklin County is provided by:

• Boones Mill
  • Type of Plant: Waste stabilization lagoon
  • Capacity: 30,000 gallons per day
  • Present Load: 20,000 gallons per day
  • Available Capacity: 10,000 gallons per day
• Ferrum
  • Type of Plant: Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR)
  • Capacity: 400,000 gallons per day
  • Present Load: 140,000 gallons per day
  • Available Capacity: 260,000 gallons per day
• Town of Rocky Mount
  • Type of Plant: Aeration
  • Capacity: 2 million gallons per day
  • Present Load: 650,000 gallons per day
  • Available Capacity: 1.35 million gallons per day

Franklin County owns and operates a Central Sanitary Landfill.

Water utility in Franklin County is provided by:

• Ferrum Water and Sewage Authority:
  • Source: 3 wells
  • Storage Capacity: 600,000 gallons
  • Maximum Daily Capacity: 300,000 gallons
  • Average Daily Use: 140,000 gallons per day
  • Available Capacity: 160,000 gallons per day
• Franklin County Public Works Department:
  • Franklin County: Phase I of Public System
  • Contracted Source: Bedford County Public Service Authority
  • Contracted Storage Capacity: 400,000 gallons
  • Maximum Daily Capacity: 400,000 gallons
  • Average Daily Use: To Be Determined
  • Available Capacity: 400,000 gallons per day
• Town of Boones Mill:
  • Source: Spring, 2 wells
  • Storage Capacity: 250,000 gallons
  • Maximum Daily Capacity: 90,000 gallons (Minimum)
  • Average Daily Use: 78,000 gallons per day
  • Available Capacity: 12,000 gallons per day (Minimum)
• Town of Rocky Mount:
  • Source: Blackwater River
  • Storage Capacity: 2.7 million gallons
  • Maximum Daily Capacity: 2 million gallons
  • Average Daily Use: 835,000 gallons per day
  • Available capacity: 1.16 million gallons per day