LIMESTONE COUNTY, Ala. — Limestone County Water and Sewer Authority is hoping a pause in approval for new developments will help them catch up with the demand of a growing county. "As everybody knows, the limestone county area has been labeled as the fastest growing county in the state of Alabama," CEO Daryl Williamson of LCWSA shares. "What we have seen is that homes are being built faster than we can get infrastructure in the ground and what we're saying to developers and homebuilders is we are not approving any new parcels of land that would be newly acquired until we get a couple of projects just to make sure that everybody has adequate water."
In 2022 the Limestone County Commission approved residential developments on more than *2,300* lots. As of Jan 2023, almost 3500 residential units have completed the approval process, so that pause doesn’t mean project development will stop completely. "We do have roughly 2000 homes that have already been approved to be built that are not constructed yet," Williamson shares. "So, in the interim period, there's still 2000 out there to be done and so they're still going to be plenty of homes to be purchased in the East Limestone area."
The project in question is a new big transmission main and water tank and booster station. "What this project will do is it's going to push an additional supply of water to East Limestone, so the project is a two-part project. we'll put in the pipe first and then we'll tie in with the new tank and the booster station."
CEO Daryl Williamson says establishing the infrastructure is a proactive approach to the continued growth in the area. "The thing that came very apparent to me very quickly this year with the drought is that we need more water in the area," Williamson shares. "We're really trying to stay in front of all these things. and you just have to keep investing in the system to accommodate growth."
The project looks to be completed within the next two years.
