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Toyota, GMWSS extend agreement
By JEFF KERR
Georgetown News-Graphic
1/3/08
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News-Graphic/Jeff Kerr
Kevin McGill, environmental chemist, checks metals at GMWSS Wastewater
Treatment Plant No. 2. |
It's an arrangement that has lasted for 20 years and now it's
signed, sealed and delivered to last for 20 more.
The Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service approved the user agreement
with Toyota Motor Manufacturing Kentucky at its December meeting for the use of
the GMWSS Wastewater Treatment Plant No. 2, renewing the original agreement
which was signed in 1987, the year Toyota began manufacturing vehicles at its
Cherry Blossom Way facility.
"When Toyota came to town in 1987, they built the sewer plant
in conjunction with GMWSS," said Billy Jenkins, general manager of GMWSS. "They
actually built the plant and it was designed for them."
The user agreement with GMWSS had to be put in place so bonding requirements
could be met, Jenkins said.
"They had to sign the user's agreement to meet the bonding specifications," he
said. "Since then they have paid for 100 percent of the cost of operating the
plant, which includes salaries, upgrades, maintenance, repairs and replacement."
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Rainfall catching up with drought
By JEFF KERR
Georgetown News-Graphic
12/13/07
It may seem like it's been raining forever, looking at the
past few days, but Scott County is still behind in annual rainfall, thanks to
this past summer's drought.
"In the last three months we've really caught up," said Jim Long, Georgetown
Municipal Water and Sewer Service water treatment supervisor. "But it would have
to rain an awful lot to break even for the year, and it's not going to happen."
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Water company goes high-tech to increase safety
By JEFF KERR
12/4/07
It's not only state of the art, officials say, it's safer,
too.
Georgetown Municipal Water and Sewer Service put the finishing touches last week
on new technology for treating its water, and instead of dangerous chemicals
stored on site, the process uses ordinary items that can be found in a grocery
store.
The $1.3 million project, which includes two other new
features, is almost completed, said Billy Jenkins, GMWSS general manager.
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GMWSS
awarded
Best
Water
Treatment
Plant and
Operator of
the Year
by Kentucky Wastewater Operators Association
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