It was a picture perfect day on Oct. 3 as Georgetown Divide Public Utility District’s new water treatment plant in Cool was officially opened with a ribbon cutting event. The plant has been operational since Aug. 1.

There to celebrate the occasion were current as well as past GDPUD board members; El Dorado County Supervisor Lori Parlin; staff from the offices of U.S. Representative Tom McClintock, State Representative Frank Bigelow and State Sen. Brian Dahle; Brent Hastey, president of the Association of California Water Agencies; and John Kingsbury, Executive Director of the Mountain Counties Water Resources Association. Community members were also present.

Dane Wadle, president of GDPUD’s board of directors, thanked everyone in attendance and in particular the current board for keeping the project moving forward and on budget. He also expressed his thanks to previous board members who approved moving forward with the project despite opposition from some in the community.

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