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Pickens County authorizes pursuit of major water connection with Gilmer authority
Summary
The Pickens County Board of Commissioners unanimously authorized the chairman to pursue steps toward a large water connection with the Gilmer County water authority after staff described a state-approved groundwater withdrawal that could supply millions of gallons per day.
Pickens County commissioners on July ?, 2025, unanimously authorized the chairman to take steps toward establishing a new, larger connection to the Gilmer County (Gilmore) water system and to prepare a contract to purchase additional water.
The move follows state environmental permitting that the chairman said authorized a withdrawal of 4,000,000 gallons per day from an underground mine source in Gilmer County. The chairman told commissioners the source is “extremely clean” and would require “very minimal treatment,” and that Pickens already has two connection points with Gilmer and this would be a third and much larger connection.
Why it matters: County officials said the connection could immediately yield up to 3 million…
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