Peachtree City's

Water and Sewerage Authority will consider a contract to perform preventive

maintenance on Tyrone's new sewer system at its meeting Tuesday evening..

The proposed

contract, already approved by Tyrone, calls for WASA to be paid $600 a

month for the service. Mostly, that entails checking Tyrone's two pump

stations twice weekly, said WASA General Manager Larry Turner.

"It's

a hop, skip and a jump from our northernmost station in the Kedron area,"

Turner said, noting that it won't take a tremendous amount of effort to

perform the service for Tyrone.

The contract

is on the authority's agenda for its meeting Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at City

Hall.

Tyrone's sewer

system does not have a treatment plant; the wastewater will be pumped

to Fairburn for treatment although the capacity is limited to 250,000

gallons per day. The system will serve a 292-home subdivision, some commercial

parcels and a possible office complex.

The move is

billed as a cost-cutting move for Tyrone, keeping the town from having

to hire a staff to maintain the relatively small sewer system.

Tyrone officials

initially resisted the idea of having a sewer system but developer John

Wieland Homes won a lawsuit allowing the sewer system to be built.

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