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Engineer: water-line tie would let industrial park and city move water both ways; county requests updated plans and MOUs
Summary
ESG engineer Charlie Bridges presented a plan to connect the industrial park and town water systems via a 12-inch transmission line to provide redundancy and allow permit consolidation; commissioners emphasized avoiding road cuts, coordinating utilities and getting revised plans and MOUs before work begins.
Charlie Bridges, an engineer with ESG, told the Ware County Commission the firm proposes to install a 12-inch transmission main that would tie the industrial-park water system to the town system so water can move in either direction, add resiliency and allow consolidation of duplicate permits.
"The idea is that we're gonna connect the city, industrial park system to the city town system," Bridges said, adding the line would not carry service connections in the county but would include some fire hydrants for testing and blow-off operations. Bridges said the primary goal is transmission between two points, not local distribution.
County officials pressed for safeguards: ESG said it will avoid cutting county roads by using jack-and-bore or directional drilling where possible; it will invite utilities (AT&T, Atlanta Gas, fiber providers) to preconstruction meetings; and it will add signage and an operations contact on the line to limit calls to the county if a construction-related leak occurs. Staff asked for a new set of plans showing all proposed cuts and for memoranda of understanding (MOUs) documenting that all affected entities are on board.
Commissioners raised maintenance and siting questions — especially whether the new line will share the same shoulder as existing county infrastructure — and asked staff to ensure construction coordination and inspection coverage to protect county facilities. ESG said it would produce updated plans and participate in preconstruction coordination.
