Many residents of Greene County, with its lofty and expensive gated communities, have shared common complaints about Piedmont Water Company, the county’s only water and sewage system in place, and it is not pretty.

It was clear at last month’s meeting of the Georgia House of Representatives Energy, Utilities, and Telecommunications Commission in Atlanta that Jerry Shaifer felt he was in the hot seat.

Piedmont Water’s 30-day test period is scheduled to conclude this week for its new $15 million water treatment plant serving the Reynolds Water System. The facility will pull and treat up to two million gallons of water each day from Lake Oconee.