Lawsuit filed in Summerville, Georgia, after water crisis
March 11, 2021 GMT
SUMMERVILLE, Ga. (AP) A Georgia city, a textile manufacturer and others are being sued by a former Summerville, Georgia, city council member over a water crisis that forced Summerville to distribute bottled water for weeks and still could cost taxpayers millions.
On Jan. 31, Summerville residents were advised not to consume their tap water after cancer causing chemicals were discovered during a quality inspection done by the Environmental Protection District of Georgia.
Earl Parris, who served two years on the city council in the 1990s and again for four years ending in 2020, wants the people responsible for the contaminated water to cover the cost of a long-term solution, The Chattanooga Times Free Press reported.
Lawsuit filed in Summerville, Georgia, after water crisis
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Chico, Paradise sewer project unanimously reaches second phase
Paradise Sewer Project moves on to an 18-month Environmental Impact Review and will be grant-funded.
Posted: Feb 8, 2021 7:43 PM
Updated: Feb 8, 2021 7:54 PM
Posted By: Brandon Downs
PARADISE, Calif. - Chico City Council unanimously voted to analyze and study the current and future needs for the Chico Water Pollution Control Plant (WPCP) to develop a regional sewer connection to Paradise, according to the Town of Paradise.
The connection will be from a specified area in Paradise, called the Sewer Service Area, and will include many parcels along Skyway, Pearson, and Clark Road.
Chico City Council appointed their Mayor and Vice Mayor to a Sewer Regionalization Project Advisory Committee. This includes the Mayor and Vice Mayor of Paradise and will be facilitated by the Regional Water Quality Control board over the course of the planned 18-month Environmental Impact Review (EIR).
HORNELL The City of Hornell may soon be in the market for a few new hires.
The Department of Public Works (DPW) is slated to lose two employees this spring in March and April, which will put the department down to five employees at the DPW garage. The vacancies come on the heels of three full-time positions lost in 2020 as the city tightened its fiscal belt due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We didn’t replace anyone. We’ve been limping along throughout the majority of 2020 very short handed,” Mayor John Buckley told the Board of Public Works. “You can only go down so far before you just can’t deliver the services you need to.”
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