Work is progressing at the Summerville Water Treatment Plant on Raccoon Creek Road.  The plant has been inoperable since Sunday after the facility was subjected to massive flooding.  The painstaking work of getting the plant back up and running has been slow, but city officials say progress is being made.

At a press conference on Wednesday afternoon with Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, Summerville Mayor Harry Harvey assured residents that the city was doing all they could and “working day and night” to get the treatment plant back up and running.

On Thursday afternoon, WZQZ News spoke with Summerville City Councilman Joe Money who said that city water department workers are “starting the plant back up one section at a time”.  Money added, “So far so good.  If everything were to go perfect, we could possibly have water in the system tonight.”

Even if water pressure does come back sometime in the next twenty-four hours, Summerville City Water customers will still be under a boil water advisory for a period of time until the water is deemed safe to use for drinking and cooking.

Menlo City officials told WZQZ News this morning that even though water was flowing once again after hooking up to the county’s water system, Menlo water customers still need to boil their water or use bottled water for drinking or cooking until tests come back showing the water is safe for consumption.