Water director outlines $10M expansion application, SCADA upgrades after main break
Charles Cawthorn updated commissioners on a recent 12‑inch main break response, proposed SCADA improvements (flow totalization and discharge-pressure monitoring) and reported a high-scoring $10M JICA grant application and a $140,000 GEPA/WIPP planning grant for resiliency and mapping.
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Charles Cawthorn, director of Hart County Water & Sewer, briefed the commission on recent emergency-response work and planned system improvements. He described a lightning strike that damaged a main: "We had lightning hit and running a tracer wire and broke a 12 inch main out on the Royston Highway ... I think I got the call at 4AM, and by 2PM, everything was wrapped up," Cawthorn said, and praised staff and contractors for the rapid response.
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