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ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP

Auburn Tour: Members of the city’s Water Works Board pause for a photo during a tour of Auburn Quarry.

Auburn Quarry Partners with the City to Give Back
to the Community

Auburn Quarry’s longstanding partnership with the City of Auburn, Alabama, exemplifies the best of relationships between
Martin Marietta, its local community and water. “During drought times, the city will call upon us to pump water to Lake
Ogletree,” explains Adam Williams, the quarry’s plant manager. “This helps maintain the lake’s level to sustain the required 2
million gallons per day (MGD) of flow to the downstream Chewacla Creek and the water supply for the City of Auburn.”
In 2024, the quarry pumped 199 million gallons of water to Lake Ogletree during the months of November and December
due to drought conditions in the area. Williams says he and his team have maintained frequent communications with the
city’s Water Works Board for the past 20 years and regularly discuss water management and how the quarry can help make
sure the needs of the city’s residents are met.

Williams says the relationship between the quarry and the city was strengthened in 2019, when the quarry provided an
estimated 540 million gallons of water to alleviate extreme drought conditions between August and December. “We
were able to help out despite struggling to have enough water in the pit for the team’s own needs,” says Senior
Environmental Engineer William Rasmussen. “The extreme situation brought members from both sides together.”

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