Butts County Water and Sewer Authority

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Current Line Projects April 2010 Operating Reserve Funds are being used to buy materials to continue water line extensions to roads that currently do not have water service. When public funds are used to bring water to an existing county road, property owners may connect to the system by purchasing a tap for just $350 during the construction period. Projects are ranked by the number of existing homes which can be served per mile. We are now working on a main on Colwell Road, that will tie together segments from Harkness Road to Water Plant Road including a bore under Interstate 75. Check our current water line priority list for the status of existing county roads without water service. If you would like to submit a petition to update the need for water on your road we will be happy to accept it. Download the petition form by clicking here. Call Marcie Seleb, general manager, at (770) 775-0042 for more information. We have just completed a gravity sewer project that links existing sewer in the Butts County Industrial Development Authority's Riverview Industrial Park to the 300-acre industrial expansion property near High Falls. We are also working on several grant projects to expand sewer access to the Interstate 75/GA Hwy. 16 interchange area. Awards April 2010 Awards Presented to Plants The Burford Water Treatment Plant and the Bucksnort Ranch Land Application System both were presented with platinum awards from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) for complete compliance with all State and Federal regulations in calendar year 2009. This is the tenth consecutive year that the Authority has won these awards. Also, Jackson's Stewart Water Treatment Plant was honored with its third Gold Award for complete compliance in 2009; this is only the third year the Stewart plant has been operated since 1998. We applaud our plant operators and all staff who have contributed to this decade of consistant excellence. Meeting Time Changed December 2009 The Authority's regular monthly meeting start time has been changed from 6:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month at the Authority's conference room at 113 North Oak Street. Visitors are always welcome. We're always Looking for Water Projects The Authority wants to hear from you if your road needs county water! We maintain a priority list for water main extensions, and ask citizens to keep us updated through petitions if the need for service has increased on their roads. We are looking for county roads where there will be active water customers at a density of at least ten services per mile. The greatest thing about new water extensions on existing county roads is that you can sign up for water during the construction period with no capital recovery fee. For a standard customer, that means you can tie onto water for only $350, not $1425! Click here for the petition form. Watershed Assessment Continues November 2009 The Authority recently completed its first full year of long-term monitoring and reporting in the Towaliga River Basin. In 2007, the Authority completed a Watershed Assessment Program and Plan for the Towaliga River basin in Butts County. Water analysis continues on four stream sites on Cabin Creek, Brushy Creek, and the Towaliga River. Quarterly analysis is being carried out for bacteria, in situ characteristics, and water chemistry. The Towaliga basin is particularly significant it is bisected by the Interstate 75 corridor and includes both the Stewart Water Treatment Plant and the Bucksnort Ranch Land Application System.

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