Expansion Of Calls Creek Sewer Plant To 1.5 MGD Will Serve Needs Until 2025, Oconee County Tells EPD

Expansion of the Calls Creek wastewater treatment plant to 1.5 million gallons per day from its current .667 million gallons per day of capacity should serve county needs until 2025, according to forecasts the county provided to the state Environmental Protection Division on Monday.

Expansion of the Calls Creek Plant to 3 million gallons per day would allow the county to meet needs through 2035, the county said.

By 2050, however, the county expects it will need nearly 5 million gallons per day of sewage treatment capability, and it is asking the state to reserve that capacity for the county.

The county provided the projections to the EPD to support its request that it be allowed to discharge 1.5 million gallons per day of treated wastewater into Calls Creek from its existing plant on that stream off North Main Street on the northern edge of Watkinsville.

The county also is asking EPD to consider allowing it to discharge a total of 3 million gallons per day of treated wastewater into Calls Creek by 2020, thereby eliminating the need at least through 2035 for a sewer line down Calls Creek.

For more on this story, go to Oconee County Observations.

Pictured: Population projections used in the report.