Tuesday’s meeting was his first as a Management Board member. Thompson serves on the Management Board ex-officio, and he joined the Board in January after his election as chair of the Walton County Board of Commissioners. Mark Saxon, Oconee County commissioner, was re-elected Board chair, and Thompson was elected as vice-chair. Project manager Jimmy Parker told the Board design work on the structure will resume in June. The Board discussed its plans for construction of an intake structure on the Apalachee River at High Shoals. The meeting on Tuesday of the Management Board was a routine one until Thompson spoke.

“I just feel that all of you guys need to know that these conversations are taking place,” Thompson said in explaining his announcement. Thompson is one of four Walton County representative on the seven-member Management Board, and two of Oconee County’s three representatives on the Board asked for clarification of the discussions and involvement in them in the future. Thompson made his announcement in comments at the end of the Tuesday meeting of the Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir Management Board in Monroe. The water could help with development of a massive research park along I-20 on the southern tip of the county, he said. Thompson said the state is supportive of the interbasin transfer of water from the Oconee to Ocmulgee river basins. Thompson said he had three meetings with Newton County officials in recent months and that state officials also had been involved.

Walton County Board of Commissioners Chair David Thompson announced on Tuesday that he has been meeting with officials from Newton County about sale of water from the Hard Labor Creek Regional Reservoir to Newton County. The city of Summerville advised residents who use the city’s water utility services to boil water prior to drinking, cooking or preparing baby food due to flash flooding at the Raccoon Creek Filter plant.***Oconee County Representatives Ask For Details*** Floyd County - just to the south - was also under a flash flood warning.Īt 3:10 p.m., the service advised locals to avoid non-emergency travel as another round of emergency rainfall entered the area. The service declared a “flash flood emergency” for Summerville, Lyerly and James H.

Do not attempt to travel unless you are fleeing an area subject to flooding or under an evacuation order,” the service said. “This is an extremely dangerous and life-threatening situation. Up to 12 inches of rain was estimated to have fallen in the area, according to Kemp’s executive order. Brian Kemp declared a state of emergency Sunday afternoon in Chattooga and Floyd Counties, directing all state resources to help with “preparation, response and recovery activities.” The National Weather Service said rainfall of up to one inch per hour was causing creeks, streams, roadways and urban areas to experience unusually high levels of water. Local news reports showed roads under water and homeowners struggling to keep water out. (AP) - Thunderstorms and heavy rain pounded parts of northwest Georgia on Sunday, sparking flash flooding in some areas.

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