Senoia may

soon be opening up its water plant.

That startling

revelation came out of this week's Coweta County Commission meeting as

Water Director Harry Hughes told the board of his visit to Senoia Monday

night.

Hughes had

been asked by Mayor Joan Trammell to attend and brief the City Council

about the county's water supply.

Hughes reassured

Senoia officials that the county has plenty of water and would continue

supplying the city, but said that may soon not be an option.

"She said

the could open the water plant and produce it for $1.70 per 1,000 gallons.

I'm not real sure they could do that," he said.

Currently,

the county supplies all of the city's water at just over $2.20 a gallon.

Hughes also

expressed doubt about how much water the city had in its reservoir and

how soon it would take them to get the plant operating again.

Commissioner

Lawrence Nelms wondered why Senoia would think the county would not be

a future option for water service.

"There

must be mass confusion out there," he said.

Commission

Chairman Vernon "Mutt" Hunter, who has locked horns recently

with Trammell, said he would be willing to do anything possible to help

the city in opening its plant.

In fact, Hunter

made a motion to allow the city out of its current contract with the county

that requires the city to purchase at least 35,000 gallons a day from

the county.

"That's

what has held them back in opening the plant," he said.

Trammell said

the city didn't wnat to get out of the county's contract and said the

city never thought the county would cut off the city's water supply.

"I don't

know why Harry didn't dispute that," she said.

Trammell said

the city is seeking a $100,000 loan to help fund the project and said

the plant could be running withing six months.

"This

would just supplement our agreement with the county," she said.

The other commissioners

agreed with Hunter, except Commissioner Robert Wood, who abstained from

the vote.

Wood said he

favors all parties in the county coming to the table and discussing water

issues, instead of dealing with them on an individual basis.