Politics & Government
Calls Creek Sewer Plant Problems Lead To Resignation Of Two Oconee County Utility Department Employees
Report is critical of operation of both the the county's sewer plants, calling for effective management in the future.
A month-long investigation of effluent from the county’s Calls Creek sewage plant outside Watkinsville became public Tuesday night when Board of Commissioners Chairman Melvin Davis reported that the county had received the resignation of two of the plant’s employees.
The county also released a six-page report by a consultant hired to review the operation of both of the country’s sewage treatment facilities.
The consultant said the Calls Creek plant is not properly managing solids in the water that is processed and that “several equipment items necessary for effective operation have not been operational for a year or more.”
Similar problems exist at the county’s only other sewage treatment facility, the Rocky Branch Land Application System, and the consultant said that both facilities are in need of “effective management” and a change of operating procedures.
For more details of this complex story, go to Oconee County Observations.
Pictured: Commission Chairman Melvin Davis