Residents get glimpse of sewer service

By JOHN THOMPSON
jthompson@thecitizennews.com

Senoia residents turned out in force Tuesday at a public hearing to get a preview of the city's sewer system that will be up and running in the next three years.

Senoia Mayor Joan Trammell explained that residents will have plenty of notice for when they will be forced to hook up to the system.

Residents will be notified prior to the sewer line running down their streets of the impending hook-up and City Administrator Leonard Thompson plans to give the residents a lengthy period to plan for it.

While residents will not pay a tap fee if they hook up in the first 90 days, they will still be responsible for running pipe from the city's tap in the right of way to their houses.

Thompson plans to have three or four contractors lined up to run the pipe and residents can choose the one they want to run the line.

The residents also will be responsible for filling in their septic tanks, because environmental laws do not allow the tanks to remain active after sewer is run to the house.

All the council members emphasized that residents would need plenty of time to plan for this expense.

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