Paulding County currently does not have its own water supply, but that could change sooner than expected.
The Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) recently announced that it is giving $15 million to Paulding County for a 13-mile pipeline that will connect the future Richland Creek Reservoir to customers.
“Paulding County actually is one of the only counties in the metropolitan Atlanta area that doesn’t have its own drinking water supply source,” said Kelly Comstock, the water project’s program manager. He said the reservoir will provide a more reliable water supply to the area.
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