Friday, October 6, 2000
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Friday, October 6, 2000 |
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Senoia mulls opening water plant By JOHN THOMPSON Senoia may soon be opening up its water plant. That startling revelation came out of this week's Coweta County Commission meeting as Water Director Harry Hughes told the board of his visit to Senoia Monday night. Hughes had been asked by Mayor Joan Trammell to attend and brief the City Council about the county's water supply. Hughes reassured Senoia officials that the county has plenty of water and would continue supplying the city, but said that may soon not be an option. "She said the could open the water plant and produce it for $1.70 per 1,000 gallons. I'm not real sure they could do that," he said. Currently, the county supplies all of the city's water at just over $2.20 a gallon. Hughes also expressed doubt about how much water the city had in its reservoir and how soon it would take them to get the plant operating again. Commissioner Lawrence Nelms wondered why Senoia would think the county would not be a future option for water service. "There must be mass confusion out there," he said. Commission Chairman Vernon "Mutt" Hunter, who has locked horns recently with Trammell, said he would be willing to do anything possible to help the city in opening its plant. In fact, Hunter made a motion to allow the city out of its current contract with the county that requires the city to purchase at least 35,000 gallons a day from the county. "That's what has held them back in opening the plant," he said. Trammell said the city didn't wnat to get out of the county's contract and said the city never thought the county would cut off the city's water supply. "I don't know why Harry didn't dispute that," she said. Trammell said the city is seeking a $100,000 loan to help fund the project and said the plant could be running withing six months. "This would just supplement our agreement with the county," she said. The other commissioners agreed with Hunter, except Commissioner Robert Wood, who abstained from the vote. Wood said he favors all parties in the county coming to the table and discussing water issues, instead of dealing with them on an individual basis.
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