For example, our Water and

Sewer Authority allows industrial customers to monitor

their own chemical sewer discharge levels. The Authority

does check periodically but for the most part the

companies monitor themselves.

It was very disturbing to

find out through state EPD documents that our local

government has actually requested to have pollution

limits raised on heavy metal discharge so that a local

Peachtree City company could increase its profitability.

This causes concern because

the metals end up down stream and cause problems. The

hazardous chemicals and metals also rapidly eat away at

the treatment facilities causing them to be

decommissioned early and a new plant has to be

constructed at the community's expense. The hazardous

discharge limits can then be increased at a new treatment

facility and the vicious circle begins again at a higher

level.

It would be very foolish

not to keep an eye on your investment (time and tax

dollars) in our community.

Steve Brown

Peachtree City

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