County Water Could Reach Green Mountain Residents

Putnam County’s Green Mountain residents could soon turn on their taps to county water for the first time.

County Commissioners have been working with Algood officials to provide water to the region. Commissioner Cathy Reel said she looks forward to Monday night’s commissioners meeting to move the project forward.

“They needed 12 active residents to sign on for us to proceed with this project,” Reel said. “That’s what we’re working on right now, and then we will further go on to see how many people in the county actually do not have water.”

Reel said construction crews will break through Green Mountain’s rocky terrain to connect the water from the City of Algood.  Because of the difficult work ahead, residents will pay a higher water bill than other Algood residents. She said they were overwhelmingly willing to do so.

“Oh they’re overly whelmed and excited,” Reel said. “I had one of the residents say she thought she would never ever see running water in her household. So yeah, that’ll tell you a little bit. Over the span they’ll have to help pay for the tap and then help pay to put in the tap and then they’ll have to run their own lines into the residence.”

To get by, Reel said most residents get their water from streams and wells. She said after the project is approved, work should begin within 30 to 60 days.

“This is just one of the many projects that the county commission does work on,” Reel said. “Hopefully we can get it for the taxpayers. That’s what they pay their taxes for, and we want to be able to help and please and do everything we can possibly to make everybody’s life easy.”

The board of commissioners will meet Monday to vote on the $270,000 project. If approved, the county will pay $150,000 toward the project.