System operator Scott Huckaby of Pike County Water and Sewerage does a daily test of the chlorine levels at a water treatment station near Williamson.
No water woes here
The water is still safe to drink in Pike County while residents in Upson County have been forced to boil their water to eliminate contaminants twice in the last six months. A water main break June 21 shut the water treatment plant down for repairs, affecting more than 2,000 customers and lasting five days. In February, possibly untreated water in the system forced schools and businesses there to close, costing hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"I know that system has been there a long, long time and a lot of the infrastructure is old. It's just a matter of spending the money to update it," said Scott Huckaby, a classified system operator who tests water daily in the Pike County system. "The system here in Pike County is only four years old and the engineers put in the most advanced technology. The pipes are new – everything is new."
Pike County water customers continue to receive clean water that undergoes rigorous testing throughout the year, including three tests done each day. About 140 county customers are provided with water from a well off Midway Road near Williamson by 30 miles of pipeline.
Each city in the county has its own water department. Zebulon's water comes from the Griffin reservoir.
"We have an intergovernmental agreement," said financial director Kathleen Birney. "I think it's really important that we all join together in the reservoir west of Pike County. The water is great and it will help pay off the debt incurred in building the reservoir. It is security for Zebulon that we'll have an abundance of clean water."
For more, read the Wednesday, June 30 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.
Pike County water customers continue to receive clean water that undergoes rigorous testing throughout the year, including three tests done each day. About 140 county customers are provided with water from a well off Midway Road near Williamson by 30 miles of pipeline.
Each city in the county has its own water department. Zebulon's water comes from the Griffin reservoir.
"We have an intergovernmental agreement," said financial director Kathleen Birney. "I think it's really important that we all join together in the reservoir west of Pike County. The water is great and it will help pay off the debt incurred in building the reservoir. It is security for Zebulon that we'll have an abundance of clean water."
For more, read the Wednesday, June 30 print/eEdition of The Pike County Journal-Reporter.
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Neighbor
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06/29/10 at 09:44 AM
It would be nice if Zebulon would check their Land Application (Sewer Spray) System as well as they do the drinking water. Residents in the area have been plagued with the sewer smell when going out of doors. That could mean the soil in anarobic (saturated)with water that still has sewerage smell in it. It has been said that water leaving the system via a stream has been contaminated. It make adjoining land nearly worthless including the Pike Business Park.
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Sheila Tolley
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06/29/10 at 05:12 PM
YUK!
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I agree
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06/29/10 at 06:01 PM
NASTY!
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Gina-Martin Dodds
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07/30/10 at 01:47 PM
OMG...IT IS YOU!!!!! Hello Mr. Huckaby, its Gina Martin and literally just right down the street!! My husband and I live in Luthersville. Give me a shout on my email: ginarod@comcast.net
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