Politics & Government
Oconee County Utility Director Is Asking Board Of Commissioners To Change Plans For Upgrade Of Calls Creek Sewer Plant
Director proposed that the county break its contract to purchase a used plant and instead build a new facility on the Calls Creek property.
At the Oconee County Board of Commissioners work session on Jan. 14, county Utility Department Director Wayne Haynie said he was prepared to move forward with purchase of a refurbished sewerage treatment plant to expand the treatment capacity of the existing Calls Creek facility to 1 million gallons per day.
Tuesday night at the Board of Commissioners meeting, Haynie changed course and proposed that the county break its contract to purchase the used plant and instead build a new facility on the Calls Creek property.
That new facility would upgrade the plant from its current .667 million gallons per day capacity to 1.5 million gallons per day.
The move would save the county money, Haynie said, and increase the plant’s capacity at a time when there is increasing pressure to accommodate the needs of residential, commercial and industrial customers.
Haynie estimated that the proposal he favored on Jan. 14 would last the county only from 5 to 15 years and that the new proposal would serve the county’s needs for 15 to 20 years.
Long range, Haynie said, the county could expand the sewage treatment plant on the property it owns at the Calls Creek site to treat up to 3 million gallons per day of sewage.
The commissioners agreed to review Haynie’s proposal and discuss it at its meeting next Tuesday.
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Pictured: Haynie presenting to the Board.