OJRSA Hopes For Application Approval

Oconee Joint Regional Sewer is hoping for approval of an application today during a state agency meeting in Columbia. The board of the Rural Infrastructure Authority will consider funding applications today, one of which is the JRSA’s request for monies to meet a contractor’s bid for Sewer South Phase Two. OJRSA Director Chris Eleazer…

Meanwhile, the County Council’s ears may still be ringing from the words Tuesday night of a procession of Fair Play area farmers who warn that wherever sewer is extended, urban sprawl more than not results.

Local farmers, like Martha Willoughby, are worried their livelihoods could be in jeopardy, along with the potential for the county to irretrievably lose farmland…