Oconee County Utility Department Director Says He Understands The Reactions To Proposed Calls Creek Pipeline

Oconee County Utility Department Director Wayne Haynie said he understands the negative reactions of people who live in subdivisions along Calls Creek to his plans to run a sewer line along the creek and through their yards.

If he were in their position, he acknowledged, he would be reacting in the same.

Haynie told a group of 25 assembled on Thursday night to talk about the county’s sewer plans that he is looking into alternatives to the proposed Calls Creek pipeline, including getting permission from the state to allow the county to discharge more treated sewage water into Calls Creek.

In the end, however, Haynie told the gathering, the county has committed to provide sewage treatment capacity it does not have, and his solution is to build more treatment capacity at the existing Calls Creek sewage treatment plant.

The proposed line down Call Creek is part of that effort to build capacity to meet current and future needs of the county, Haynie said.

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Pictured: Hugh Haynie.