Southern Coweta

County could soon be the site of a major wastewater treatment plant.

Moreland Mayor

Ed Bledsoe told the Coweta County Board of Commissioners Tuesday that

he has been working with officials in Meriwether County on a proposed

plant that could serve Grantville, Moreland, Lone Oak, Luthersville, a

proposed industrial park straddling both counties' borders and a proposed

mega-site development just outside of Moreland.

Bledsoe said

a $56,000 feasibility study would be needed to study the capacity of the

plant and to see if it makes economic sense.

Chattahoochee-Flint

Regional Development Center has agreed to pay 50 percent of the study's

cost and Bledsoe said Meriwether officials were in favor of paying for

25 percent.

"I'm here

with my hat in hand to see if the county will pay the other portion,"

he said.

Bledsoe said

the project has gotten a verbal approval from state Lt. Gov. Mark Taylor

and the EPD.

Commissioner

Vernon "Mutt" Hunter said he favored spending the funds as long

as the multi-jurisdictional development authority is the applicant for

the grant.

Bledsoe said

that's how he sees the process proceeding.

Commissioner

Jim McGuffey agreed and said he knows why Meriwether County is eager to

see the project move forward.

"They

want industry in northern Meriwether County. That's why they're excited,"

he said.

The commission

agreed to fund the study and asked Bledsoe to keep them updated on the

project.