Forsyth County newsletter spotlights water plant expansion, safety events

Forsyth County is steering residents toward a handful of items with direct consequences this month: a larger water plant, a family safety program, the 2025 annual report and a slate of local events. The county’s June edition of Your Forsyth, published June 4, puts infrastructure and public safety ahead of ceremony, with the clearest headline being the expansion at the Forsyth County Water Treatment Plant in north Forsyth.

County officials will hold a ribbon cutting at 2 p.m. on Friday, June 12, at the plant, 2255 Antioch Road. The expansion raised peak treatment capacity from 33 million gallons per day to 40 million gallons per day at a cost of about $21 million. The plant now produces more than 14 million gallons of safe drinking water per day on average, and during a high-demand day in 2025 it pumped 30 million gallons in a single day. Scott Adams, the county’s Department of Water & Sewer director, said the upgrades are intended to help Forsyth meet changing demand while maintaining reliable drinking water service.

That water project matters because Forsyth’s growth continues to press on basic systems that most residents only notice when they fail. A higher-capacity plant does not just mark a construction milestone. It is a signal about whether the county can keep pace with new homes, new businesses and the daily strain on the water system in one of the fastest growing counties in the United States.

The newsletter also highlights Building Safety Kids Day, which Forsyth County Building & Licensing held May 27 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. outside the Freedom Park campus at 2435 Freedom Parkway. The free, family-friendly event included a hands-on bird-feeder project with The Home Depot, along with a mock permitting station, an inspection station and a Certificate of Occupancy for children who completed the activity. Jake Hill, the county’s director of Building & Licensing, said the event was designed to introduce children to safe building practices and show how building safety supports strong communities.

Forsyth County framed the program within Building Safety Month, an international campaign led by the International Code Council. The 2026 theme was “Built to Last.” Alongside the water project and safety outreach, the newsletter points residents to the 2025 Annual Report and to local events for all ages, folding county finances, services and community programming into one monthly snapshot of what officials want people to see next.