Fayette County

water officials will ask the government of Peachtree City for space to

stage a planned dredging of Lake Peachtree.

The last time

the lake was dredged, silt from the bottom was removed, but not hauled

away. This time, it will likely be necessary to haul the silt away, which

will require a staging area for trucks, and for drying some of the silt,

said Water System director Tony Parrott.

Officials will

ask Peachtree City for permission to use the four-acre Drake Field site

it recently purchased near City Hall.

If that permission

is refused, "we'll need to look for some other place," Parrott

told the county Water Committee.

Officials are

expecting to encounter less silt in the lake this time, Parrott said.

Board members said regulations governing silt control at construction

sites probably have reduced the amount of soil washing into lakes and

streams.