February 10, 2012 – Work is set to begin on a water extension to serve a portion of Singley Road and a private airplane hangar road that runs between Singley Road and Woody Lane.

  January 9, 2012- The Butts County Water & Sewer Authority is selling square bale grass hay cut from the Bucksnort Ranch Land Application System on Colwell Road. Mixed grass feed hay is $4.00 per bale. This hay is grown with irrigation from treated wastewater, making a regular supply available even during the current drought. [...]

July 13, 2011 – Some citizens of Butts County may have received calls, postcards or visits by representatives of a company who, after trying to retrieve personal information, also ask permission to “test” their water. They may try to represent themselves as government representatives who are concerned about water quality in our area. Out local [...]

June 2, 2011 -  Butts County will hold a rescheduled PUBLIC HEARING on Monday, June 13, 2011 at 10:00 AM for the purpose of discussing the approved activities of the County’s Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG).  (The meeting was originally scheduled for June 2, 2011.)   This public hearing will be held at the Auditorium [...]

May 10, 2011 – A major expansion of sewer service at Hwy. 16 and I-75 is underway.  The Authority and the Butts County Board of Commissioners have just learned that a $500,000 Employment Incentive Grant has been approved by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.  Combined with a $500,000 OneGeorgia Grant received in 2010 and  [...]

May 5, 2011 -The Authority was formed by the Georgia legislature 25 years ago in March 1986.  The first meeting of the newly appointed board was held on May 13, 1986.    Our staff and board members commemorated this milestone with a group  photo at the Emerson L. Burford Water Treatment Plant on May 5, 2011.  We [...]

April 2011 Work is underway on both Isaac Head Road and Walk Banks Road water line extension 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 [...]

The Authority recently completed its second 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 [...]

Awards Presented to Plants The Burford Water Treatment Plant was presented with its 11th  Platinum Award from the Georgia Association of Water Professionals (GAWP) for complete compliance with all State and Federal regulations in calendar year 2010. Also, Jackson’s Stewart Water Treatment Plant was honored with its 4th Gold Award for complete compliance in 2010; this is only the fourth year the Stewart plant has been operated since taken [...]