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r Woody Vaughan III was bond counsel to the Gwinnett County (Ga.) Water and Sewage Authority on a $190 million bond sale. Sutherland partner Matthew W. Nichols and associate Sarah Belcher Storey were disclosure counsel.
The Gwinnett water agency is selling the revenue bonds to finance upgrades to its water reclamation facilities, building a new drinking water pipeline and a reuse water pipeline to Lake Lanier [left]. Following the upgrades, most of Gwinnett’s treated wastewater will be returned to the Chattahoochee River and Lake Lanier. Gwinnett is Georgia's second-largest county by population and is the future home of the Atlanta Braves' AAA minor-league baseball team.
Webb Tanner Powell Mertz & Wilson partner William G. Tanner in Lawrenceville is outside counsel to the Gwinnett County Water and Sewage Authority. Andersen, Tate & Carr partner Michael L. Sullivan in Lawrenceville is chairman of the authority. Karen G. Thomas is the Gwinnett County Attorney.