Politics & Government
Oconee County Commission Votes To Use Biological Treatment Rather Than Membranes At New Sewage Plant
Utility director told the commissioners that the membrane technology is both difficult and expensive to operate.
Oconee County on Tuesday night turned the page on its 12-year experiment with the use of membrane filtration at its Calls Creek Water Reclamation Facility.
The Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to award a $440,000 design-to-build contract with Crowder Construction Inc. of Conyers for a new, replacement plant at Calls Creek estimated to cost between $6.7 and $7 million.
Oconee County Utility Department Director Wayne Haynie said the new plant, which will use traditional biological processes, will produce water of the “same or better effluent quality” as the existing membrane plant, which relies on a technology borrowed from water treatment plants.
Haynie told the commissioners that the membrane technology is both difficult and expensive to operate. Haynie said the membranes require rehabilitation every nine years at a cost of $1 million.
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Pictured: Haynie before commissioners.