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WaterGeorgia Groups Fight Alabama Dam Re-Licensing On CoosaAlabama Conservation Commissioner Barnett Lawley says that opposition from the Georgia Environmental Protection Division and the Atlanta Regional Commission, to Alabama Power’s re-licensing application for its hydroelectric dam projects on the Coosa River is out of line. Water And Sewer Rates Going Up… AgainWater and sewer rates in Rome will be going up in January. NERA Hosts Paddle Trip Down OostanaulaThe New Echota Rivers Alliance will host a seven-mile paddle trip down the Oostanaula River in Calhoun on Saturday September 27th. City Residents To Pay More For WaterIt looks like Rome water and sewer rates will go up again next year. Water volume rates are recommended to go up 2% and sewer rates 3%. Base fees could also go up by as much as $3. Corps Will Take Three Years to Develop Water ManualThe Army Corps of Engineers is in the process of rewriting it’s water management plan for the entire Coosa River basin, some thing that Corps spokesman Pat Robbins says hasn’t been done since 1952 when Lake Allatoona was the only dam on the system. Commissioner Says Inter basin transfers “A water war within a water war”Rome Commissioner Buzz Wachsteder spoke of the importance of input at a water forum hosted by the Corps of Engineers in Rome Tuesday night. He called continuing inter basin transfers of water a “water war within a water war” and pointed out that Paulding County’s plans for a new reservoir call for taking more […] 30 Attend Town Hall MeetingState Rep. Lynn Smith of Newnan called the legislation creating Georgia’s first statewide water plan “The most kneaded piece of dough I’ve ever seen. I’m surprised it would rise” she said. Mayor Wants Romans to Speak About Water ConcernsRome Mayor Wright Bagby is encouraging Romans to learn more about the state’s water plan later this week at a town hall meeting hosted by Rep. Katie Dempsey. City Says Brightly Colored Substance In Water Is DyeRome Firefighters responded to what was first thought to be a large anti-freeze spill in the creek in Heritage park. However, officials from the city Water department now confirm to RomeNewswire that the substance in the creek was not anti-freeze. It was a brightly colored dye that city engineers placed into the storm drainage […] Water Main Break In Silver CreekPhotos By: Trevor Roberts |
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