Houston County Residents Work to Keep the Dirt Out

Ron Musgraves

Exterior Restoration Specialist
Staff member
July 2010
ARK members Walt & Becky Wood continue their efforts to insure that construction projects in Houston County are using Best Management Practices (BMP) that will keep construction dirt from entering the Ocmulgee River and its tributaries. Follow their efforts to document problems and find solutions.

This is what Beulah Branch looked like on the morning of 6.17.10 after a 1.25" rain event on the night of 6.16.10. Beulah Branch is a bold stream that flows into Mossy Creek at Lake Joy in Houston County, North East of Perry, GA. Sandefur Road is being widened from two lanes to three under a contract administered by Houston County (LIA). This is a SPLOST Project. There is a possibility that some of the muddy water came from a project on a Church property a little north of Sandefur Road -- that has been discussed with County Officials and you may see a complaint to EPD in the next few days regarding stream buffer violations and failure to procure a permit (it's less than one acre, but it is definitely within 200' of state waters -- it borders state waters). County officials were working this late Friday -- we will know more tomorrow. Continued...........
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