The city of

Senoia is moving forward with aggresive plans to make sure the city has

enough water to keep up with its explosive growth.

At a workshop

meeting Monday night, the City Council discussed improvements that needed

to be made to the city's water system.

City engineer

Ben Turnipseed prepared a report outlining what he sees as the crucial

needs for the city.

Some of his

recommendations include looking for more well sites throughout the city,

along with possibly obtaining a permit to draw water from Lake Mcintosh,

when the lake along the Fayette-Coweta border is completed.

Another item

Turnipseed recommended is dredging the city's current water source, Hutchinson's

Lake. But the city would need up to $600,000 to dredge the lake, said

city administrator Murray McAfee.

The city received

funds in 1994 to dredge the lake from the Federal Emergency Management

Association, but lost the funds when it did not proceed with the dredging.

The City Council

decided a higher priority should be given to building a 500,000-gallon

storage tank.

"The tank

would help pressurize the system and provide more than a day's worth of

water," said Councilman Bill Wood.

Turnipseed

pegged the cost of the tank at $550,000.

But the council

agreed the first priority in expanding and improving the water system

is developing a computer hydraulic model.

The model would

determine any weaknesses in the present system and help plan for the future.

Turnipseed

estimated the costs for all the upgrades to thew ater system would run

$1.5 million and could be completed by June, 2004.