Friday, February 14, 2003
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Friday, February 14, 2003 |
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Senoia's leaders ponder water options By JOHN
THOMPSON The city of Senoia is moving forward with aggresive plans to make sure the city has enough water to keep up with its explosive growth. At a workshop meeting Monday night, the City Council discussed improvements that needed to be made to the city's water system. City engineer Ben Turnipseed prepared a report outlining what he sees as the crucial needs for the city. Some of his recommendations include looking for more well sites throughout the city, along with possibly obtaining a permit to draw water from Lake Mcintosh, when the lake along the Fayette-Coweta border is completed. Another item Turnipseed recommended is dredging the city's current water source, Hutchinson's Lake. But the city would need up to $600,000 to dredge the lake, said city administrator Murray McAfee. The city received funds in 1994 to dredge the lake from the Federal Emergency Management Association, but lost the funds when it did not proceed with the dredging. The City Council decided a higher priority should be given to building a 500,000-gallon storage tank. "The tank would help pressurize the system and provide more than a day's worth of water," said Councilman Bill Wood. Turnipseed pegged the cost of the tank at $550,000. But the council agreed the first priority in expanding and improving the water system is developing a computer hydraulic model. The model would determine any weaknesses in the present system and help plan for the future. Turnipseed estimated the costs for all the upgrades to thew ater system would run $1.5 million and could be completed by June, 2004.
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