Morgan County Asking For Public Hearing On Apalachee Intake

Morgan County will ask the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to hold a public hearing on the request by the Walton County Water and Sewer Authority for an intake facility on the Apalachee River in Morgan County and for an extension of the permit for withdrawal of water from the river.

The county also will ask for a public meeting with the Water and Sewer Authority, engineers for the project, and the Corps to answer questions from the public about the project, according to Morgan County Manager Adam Mestres.

“We certainly want to have a meeting set so interested people in Morgan and Oconee counties can be heard and their questions can be answered,” Mestres said.

Two residents of Gober Road in Oconee County told the Bishop City Council on Monday night that Apalachee River area residents had sent a certified letter to the Corps with 137 names on it asking for the public hearing on the location of the intake and on the permit itself.

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

Pictured: Map of intake site from permit application.