After winning the election for the District 2 seat on a local water district’s board of directors by one vote, Ronnie Williams is looking forward to a future with a new water treatment plant.

A trial set to determine whether Pioneer Rural Water District must stop construction of a $21.6 million water treatment plant concluded on Thursday when the judge ruled state law does not bar Pioneer from building a water treatment facility.

Pioneer Rural Water District general manager Terry Pruitt testified on Tuesday he did not know if Pioneer officials informed accounting firm Payne, White and Schmutz the water district had entered into a $17 million construction contract before conducting an audit.

Oconee County administrator Scott Moulder testified in court on Monday the donation of property from the county to Pioneer Rural Water District was not an endorsement of a water treatment plant proposed by Pioneer.

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.