Resident reports groundwater intrusion under roadway; requests county inspection and public release of water test results

Joe Floyd, a Cobb County property owner, told the Board of Commissioners he returned to his property in March to find water seeping through the bank and that his golf cart had sunk in standing water. Floyd said he called Cobb Water, which carried out testing and “texted positive for drinking water.”

“Since then, it’s filling up backwards from water under the road,” Floyd said, describing water coming up through his property and asking county staff, “Miss Shedfield, can someone from your department come out and look at my property?”

Steven Swanson, a resident who spoke after Floyd, described what he called “atrocious” treatment of Floyd during the response process and urged transparency. “The results for the Flint Hill Road water test must be made public to restore trust in the county,” Swanson said, explicitly requesting fluoride and chlorine results and stating that the results should not require a Freedom of Information Act request.

Swanson also asked whether the county planned to allow a road to collapse if a naturally occurring spring exists under a 15-year-old water pipe running beneath the roadway. No inspection outcome or scheduling was recorded in the meeting minutes; county staff did not announce a follow-up date on the record.

Discussion vs. decision: These were public comments requesting action and transparency. The transcript records residents asking county departments to inspect the site and publish test results, but the Board of Commissioners did not direct staff on the public record nor take formal action at this meeting.