Seneca city administrator Greg Dietterick blasted a judge’s ruling denying requests to stop construction of a multi-million-dollar water treatment plant by a local water district.

Judge R. Lawton McIntosh ruled in Pioneer Rural Water District’s favor on Thursday when he denied a request to stop construction of a $21.4 million water treatment plant.

The plaintiffs in a legal battle with Pioneer Rural Water District over construction of a water treatment plant concluded their post-trial brief by claiming Pioneer broke state law when it entered into a $17 million contract with a construction company.

Attorneys for Pioneer Rural Water District filed a post-trial memorandum on Monday claiming “imperfections” in a notice for a 2013 audit on the proposal of a new water treatment plant do not invalidate the audit or justify an injunction against construction.

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.