Piedmont Water Treatment Facility

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Lake Oconee News/File Photo

Piedmont Water holds community meetings

Hannah Barron
Thursday, May 29, 2025
Piedmont Water held its annual community meetings earlier this month at Lakeside Church, drawing customers from the Landings, Reynolds Lake Oconee, and Cedar Cove Hickory Point neighborhoods.
Provided by the Georgia EPD, this photo shows where lime was applied to raw sewage into a tributary of Lake Oconee. CONTRIBUTED

Provided by the Georgia EPD, this photo shows where lime was applied to raw sewage into a tributary of Lake Oconee. CONTRIBUTED

Piedmont Water fined for February spill at Reynolds

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, November 16, 2023
A $5,000 fine was levied against Piedmont Water, the major water and sewer utility company in Greene County, by the Environmental Protection Division (EPD) following an investigation into a major raw sewage spill that occurred in late February this year.
Provided by the Georgia EPD, this photo shows what is left from the _ow of raw sewage into a tributary of Lake Oconee from the Engh lift station, owned and operated by Piedmont Water Company. CONTRIBUTED Sample sites are indicated, numbered one through seven, showing the path the 271,000 gallons of untreated sewage followed through a tributary and ultimately into Lake Oconee along The Creek Club golf course. CONTRIBUTED

Provided by the Georgia EPD, this photo shows what is left from the _ow of raw sewage into a tributary of Lake Oconee from the Engh lift station, owned and operated by Piedmont Water Company. CONTRIBUTED Sample sites are indicated, numbered one through seven, showing the path the 271,000 gallons of untreated sewage followed through a tributary and ultimately into Lake Oconee along The Creek Club golf course. CONTRIBUTED

Piedmont CEO speaks about sewage spilled into Lake Oconee

Maureen Stratton
Thursday, March 30, 2023
February 23rd dawned clear and sunny in Greensboro. The city went about its business, students entered and exited schools, golfers appeared on the courses, and some boaters on the lake enjoyed a brief respite from the colder temperatures that swept through the area recently.
The Piedmont Water Treatment facility in Greene County. MARK ENGEL/Staff

The Piedmont Water Treatment facility in Greene County. MARK ENGEL/Staff

New Lake Oconee surface water treatment system breaks down

Mark Engel
Thursday, December 1, 2022
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.
Piedmont Water’s new treatment plant will pull water out of Lake Oconee instead of wells. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Piedmont Water’s new treatment plant will pull water out of Lake Oconee instead of wells. MARK ENGEL/Staff

Piedmont Water treatment plant goes online

Mark Engel
Thursday, September 8, 2022
After years of taking heat from customers for the quality of drinking water it provides, the Piedmont Water Company was expected this week to start operating its new water treatment plant.

Piedmont Water treatment plant tests begin

Mark Engel
Thursday, June 30, 2022
Piedmont Water has begun a 30-day testing period of its new water treatment plant, located off Kings Way in Reynolds Lake Oconee. The Georgia Environmental Protection Division of the Department of Natural Resources says the utility started taking daily tests of the facility’s output on June 8.
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