Sewers!  Jobs!  Sewers!  Jobs!

So, what’s the silver-lining of over $1 billion in EPA-mandated sewer repairs?  Over 1,300 regional jobs!

So says DeKalb County CEO Burrell Ellis in his annual State of the County speech this morning, according to the AJC’s Megan Matteucci.

Ellis will give his speech again tonight at 6pm at the Maloof Auditorium in downtown Decatur.

1920′s Albuquerque, NM sewer photo courtesy of SewerHistory.org