Oconee County Expects To Have Data Needed For Response To EPD On Calls Creek Discharge This Week

Oconee County Utility Department Director Wayne Haynie said last week that he expects to be able to provide to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division this week the information it has sought in response to the county's request for a new waste load allocation for Calls Creek.

Haynie said he expects to get the information he needs from consultant Carter and Sloope Inc., 1031 Stonebridge Parkway, just outside Butler’s Crossing, on projected county water discharges and to be able to send that to the EPD.

Haynie also said he expects a quick response from EPD on the county’s request to increase the amount of treated sewage water that can be released into Calls Creek.

The county is requesting the increased waste load so it can expand the Calls Creek sewage treatment plant beyond 1.5 million gallons per day without having to build a sewer pipeline down Calls Creek.

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Pictured: Wayne Haynie at meeting on Friday.