![]() ![]() Oconee County does not have any representation on the Walton County Water and Sewer Authority. The Authority holds the permits for Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir. Oconee County has three members on the Management Board, which serves as an advisory body for the Water and Sewer Authority. ![]() Thompson was making his pitch to the Management Board and the representatives of the Walton County Water and Sewer Authority, meeting together in the Historic Walton County Courthouse in Monroe. The massive planned development for the Rivian electric truck plant straddles the Newton County and Morgan County lines. Thompson also said the reservoir would serve the region, not just Walton and Oconee counties, and would allow Newton County to take back control of the 6.25 million gallons per day from Cornish Creek it now contractually is required to allocate to Walton County. Thompson also said that, with the new water from the reservoir, the county could meet with developers and consider running water lines down at least some of the 250 county roads that, at present, do not have water running with them. The county “had to scramble and buy from the city of Monroe and Oconee and Gwinnett,” Thompson said. 13 meeting that the county exceeded its allowed draw from the Cornish Creek Reservoir in Newton County 21 days this year. ![]() Thompson, elected Walton Board of Commissioners Chair in November of 2021, told Management Board Members repeatedly at the Sept. Thompson, Chuck Horton, Ferguson (Gesturing) Right Side Of Table: Mark Saxon, Kirouac, Walton County representatives to the seven-member Hard Labor Creek Reservoir Management Board had not articulated any pressing need for water until Thompson joined the Board in January of 2021. Thompson told the management Board that he expects Oconee County to pay its share of the costs in the future when it does need the water, plus interest on what he termed a loan from Walton County. That decision by Oconee County reflects the fact that Oconee does not need the water from the reservoir, while Walton County Board of Commissioners Chair David Thompson said Walton County is in desperate need for water from the reservoir. Oconee County, which is obligated to pay 28.8 percent of the costs of the work, has agreed to pay only $12 million of its estimated $21 million share and will not participate in the $69 million in bond sales authorized in the resolution for Walton County. In addition, the Board approved a bond resolution allowing Walton County to sell bonds for the plant. The Board agreed on a professional services agreement to assess the water in the reservoir, authorized a request for qualifications for water treatment facilities and transmission line designs, and authorized a request for qualifications for construction of the facilities. The Hard Labor Creek Reservoir Management Board took four steps last week to move forward with construction of a water treatment plant and transmission lines on the reservoir in Walton County jointly owned by Oconee and Walton counties. ***Oconee Sets Limits On Its Contribution***
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