By JOHN MUNFORD
jmunford@TheCitizenNews.com

The Peachtree City Water and Sewer Authority adopted its $3.3 million budget at its regular meeting Monday night.

The budget includes $700,000 earmarked for new capital improvement projects, and $1.75 million is budgeted for capital improvements that haven't been made yet.

The most expensive new project is the replacement of the Wynnmeade area trunk sewer, tabbed at over $400,000.

The budget also includes $60,000 for a chemical-based program to battle tree roots that typically invade older sewer lines. WASA also plans to expand its water quality monitoring program to test water coming into Peachtree City and the water that leaves Peachtree City.

WASA also heard from a local resident complaining of constant odor problems coming from a pump station near The Enclave subdivision. Bob Wangele said the problems have been going on for several years, and although WASA staff has attempted to fix the problem, it still persists.

Wangele complained that visitors to his home often remark how it smells like a sewer outside.

WASA general manager Larry Turner said the authority recently got new odor-detecting equipment that could be used to determine exactly where the odor is coming from. And several WASA members pledged that they would work on the problem and get it fixed.

"You don't have to convince us you have a problem," said WASA member Ted Taylor.

Turner said odor control at pump stations can be difficult to get a handle on. But WASA has used chemicals to try and stifle the stench along with other tactics to improve the situation, Turner noted.

"We need to ascertain where it's coming from," Taylor said.

The authority also turned down a request to lower a sewer bill from a local resident who claimed he used over 200,000 gallons of water to water his lawn. Sewer bills are based on the amount of water used.

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