Update 12/19/2023
Oconee County Administrator Justin Kirouac reported on Tuesday evening that all of the main water lines in the county had been flushed in response to discolorization of water flowing into the system from the Bear Creek Reservoir in Jackson County.
Kirouac said county staff was moving on to the subdivisions and dead-end lines, with the expectation most of those will be flushed by the end of the day on Wednesday.
Original Post 12/18/2023
Oconee County is expecting the discolorization of water in its system resulting from high levels of manganese to have dissipated on Tuesday.
Oconee County Water Resources staff was doing heavy flushing of the lines on Monday, Oconee County Administrator Justin Kirouac said late Monday morning.
