The plaintiffs in a legal dispute over construction of a $19 million water treatment plant have filed a memorandum in support of partial summary judgment against a local water district ahead of the trial start date on Monday.

A court has ordered a local water district’s lender to turn over documents relating to its loan for a $19 million water treatment plant.

A former District 5 nominee for the Pioneer Rural Water District board of directors has expressed concern about the election process.

After Pioneer Rural Water customers voted to keep Eddie J. Grant on the district’s board of directors, unanimous support from the board for a proposed $19 million water treatment plant seems imminent for the foreseeable future.

Nominations for a local water district’s board of directors have guaranteed an ally of a proposed $19 million water treatment plant will serve on the board.

Less than a week before a local water district holds nominations for its board of directors, the plaintiffs in a legal battle over a proposed $19 million water treatment plant hit back at the district Friday when they alleged it broke state law by contracting for the plant.

Judge R. Lawton McIntosh has based his denial of a motion to halt construction of a proposed $19 million water treatment plant on timing.

In verifying information the top official of a local water district provided to justify his salary, The Journal identified discrepancies between the figures he cited and those reported by the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A month after The Journal requested salary details for employees of Pioneer Rural Water District, top Pioneer official Terry Pruitt fulfilled the request on Tuesday at the district’s annual meeting.

Although the larger of two water suppliers increased its rates by only one penny over five years, a local water district cites “indefensible increases in water prices” as justification for building a proposed $19 million water treatment plant.

A judge has warned a local water district that all costs spent on its proposed $19 million water treatment plant since a hearing earlier this month will be “done at its own risk,” according to court documents filed on Friday.

Pioneer Rural Water District has notified the city of Seneca the water district will install a septic tank at its proposed water treatment plant at the Golden Corner Commerce Park instead of tapping into county sewer lines.

A court hearing planned today to decide if Oconee County must issue a building permit for a $19 million water treatment plant has been postponed.

Two days before a hearing to determine whether Oconee County must issue a building permit for a planned $19 million water treatment plant, officials confirmed the permit has been issued on a “conditional” basis.

Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority continues to deny allegations it is unlawfully withholding a building permit for a proposed $19 million water treatment plant.

An official for a state utilities watchdog clarified reports by the oversight body after the head of a local water district claimed the reports concluded a proposed $19 million water treatment plant would “benefit” the district.

The attorney for Oconee Joint Regional Sewer Authority has disputed the claim OJRSA is withholding a building permit for a water treatment plant proposed by Pioneer Rural Water District.

Although Pioneer Rural Water District board member Jerry Barlow doubled down on his stated residency last week, he admitted the optics of his absence from the area do not look good.