lotstodo
aka "The Jackal"
I may have put this in the wrong thread, so here it is here. Sorry for the cross posting.
Far be it from me to defend the EPA and EPD, but........
There is a longstanding issue regarding interbasin transfers involved with this project. These are not new, and Paulding has acknowledged that these issues exist. There will be no Federal permit until this issue is resolved, and it is a complicated issue involving the long term waste water treatment plans for the county as well as the growth patterns within the three basins in Paulding.
It is not going to happen without an Environmental Impact Study, which the county claims it doesn't need, but which it does need if it intends to ever get this project approved. Nothing will proceed within the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa basin without one. Besides, there is action pending that would require the COE and EPA to consider all of those proposed reservoirs along the ACT cumulatively as a "program level" singular Environmental Impact. The quicker we get our EIS, the less likely it will be thrown into the pot and boiled with the other ten or so proposed projects.
Then, assuming we get all of these problems resolved, there is a matter of the cost, which frankly scares me. It may be our best option to support growth, but we really need to make that decision using cost/benefit analysis.
Far be it from me to defend the EPA and EPD, but........
There is a longstanding issue regarding interbasin transfers involved with this project. These are not new, and Paulding has acknowledged that these issues exist. There will be no Federal permit until this issue is resolved, and it is a complicated issue involving the long term waste water treatment plans for the county as well as the growth patterns within the three basins in Paulding.
It is not going to happen without an Environmental Impact Study, which the county claims it doesn't need, but which it does need if it intends to ever get this project approved. Nothing will proceed within the Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa basin without one. Besides, there is action pending that would require the COE and EPA to consider all of those proposed reservoirs along the ACT cumulatively as a "program level" singular Environmental Impact. The quicker we get our EIS, the less likely it will be thrown into the pot and boiled with the other ten or so proposed projects.
Then, assuming we get all of these problems resolved, there is a matter of the cost, which frankly scares me. It may be our best option to support growth, but we really need to make that decision using cost/benefit analysis.