New Lake Oconee surface water treatment system breaks down

As of Tuesday, Piedmont Water was telling customers in the Reynolds Water System that they expected repairs to the new water treatment system to be completed in one to three days. On Saturday, Nov. 26, a weld broke on the header pipes for the pumps pulling raw water out of Lake Oconee, causing a failure in the pump house, according to Piedmont Water. They are hooking up a temporary exterior pump…