Residents Along Apalachee River Plan To Address Commissioners

Residents living along the Apalachee River in Oconee and Morgan counties who are concerned about the impact of a proposed water intake facility on the river plan to attend the Oconee County Board of Commissioners meeting Tuesday night to seek support.

The gathering will be a sequel to one the group, now organized under the name Greater Apalachee River Community, held last week with the Board of Commissioners in Morgan County.

An estimated 25 citizens attended the Morgan County Commission meeting, and Oconee County resident Vicki Soutar joined two residents of River Walk in Morgan County in addressing the Morgan County Commission.

The Morgan County Board of Commissioners has written to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers asking for a public hearing on the request by the Walton County Water and Sewer Authority for modification of its permit to withdrawal water from the Apalachee River for the Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir in Walton County.

The city of Madison also has written to the Corps expressing concern about the permit.

The agenda for the Oconee County Board of Commissioners meeting tomorrow night is light, and citizen comment is at the very beginning of the meeting, which starts at 6 p.m. at the Courthouse in Watkinsville.

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

Pictured: Intake Facility, with Morgan County below and Apalachee River above.