The City of Summerville water customers have water flowing once again and the boil water notice was lifted on Wednesday afternoon of this week, but the city’s water system is still going to need some costly repairs after the water filter plant on Raccoon Creek was buried in flood waters.

The Summerville Council met on Monday evening of this week, and as expected, one of the major topics of discussion was the flood damage to the city and the city’s water treatment plant.

The city is looking at having to replace most of the equipment in the plant.  That could cost millions of dollars.

Summerville Mayor Harry Harvey told the local paper this week that he didn’t really feel comfortable giving a figure on how much it could cost, but said costs could top $10 million.

City officials say that they will have a better estimate as to what it will cost to repair the filter plant within the next two weeks after more damage assessments have been made.