Due to obsolescence and deterioration, the water and sewerage systems serving Ocmulgee National Monument were performing unsatisfactorily and were health hazards by the early 1980s (Lanier 1982). Because of this it was decided to completely replace both systems and to connect their replacements to Macon's municipal systems (Murphy et al 1982:21).
Construction plans for the new systems called for the installation of: (1) a 6-inch sewer line running parallel to the park road from the Central of Georgia underpass to the visitor center parking area where it would skirt the parking area and the visitor center on the south before turning northward to the Dunlap House (the superintendent's residence), which is very near to the Dunlap Mound; and (2) a 4-inch water line beginning at the Central of Georgia Railroad right-of-way to the northwest of the Mound C (the Funeral Mound) parking area, skirting the parking area to the west and southwest, and following the park road (running along the road shoulder almost the entire way) to the northwest of the visitor center where it would intercept the sewer line, then it would run parallel to. the sewer
line to the Dunlap House and follow the road from the house to the maintenance area road where it would split
into two lines, one running directly north to Emery Highway and the other running eastward along the road shoulder to the maintenance area (Figure 1).
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