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The town of Lamar will receive $1.5 million in SC Rural Infrastructure Authority funding to improve its wastewater treatment plant on Zion Road near US Hwy 401. (PDB2B photo by Greer Fujiwara)
Darlington County has allocated $1.5 million in SC Rural Infrastructure Authority funding toward the town of Lamar’s wastewater treatment plant project.
The Rural Infrastructure Authority announced in May that it had made available about $29 million for capital improvement projects in 16 SC counties, including the $1.5 million grant to Darlington County and funding for three other counties in the Pee Dee. These grants are to go toward improving water, wastewater and stormwater infrastructure, benefiting more than 50,000 households and businesses and bolstering services that support economic growth, the statement said.
Hunter Thomas — Darlington County’s marketing, public relations and information specialist — said in an email that the entire grant will go toward Lamar’s wastewater treatment plant on Zion Road, just south of where it intersects with US Hwy 401.
The project involves but is “not limited to upgrades to the chlorine contact chamber, chlorine building, sand filtration system, and effluent pump station and force main,” Thomas said, adding that the timetable for design, bidding and construction is “a work in progress.”
Improvements to the wastewater treatment plant includes upgrades to the chlorine contact chamber, chlorine building, sand filtration system, and effluent pump station and force main, according to Darlington County spokesman Hunter Thomas. (PDB2B photo by Greer Fujiwara)
When asked about what firms the County would contract for the work, Thomas said, “Darlington County will be required to adhere to the required state process as part of grant assurances with the SC Rural Infrastructure Authority providing the grant. The work will be done by licensed contractors based on the design and specifications found in plans prepared by licensed engineers, both approved by the SCRIA.”
The town of Lamar in southwestern Darlington County has a population of 862, according to 2020 Decennial Census data.
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Sonoco further consolidates consumer packaging arm
Hartsville-based consumer and industrial packaging firm Sonoco Products Co. will integrate its global consumer packaging businesses under a single leadership structure.
The move comes after Sonoco had announced in November it would restructure its metal packaging and rigid paper containers businesses into one consumer packaging segment across two areas: Europe, Middle East, Africa/Asia-Pacific; and the Americas.
Ernest Haynes, who had stepped into the position of president of consumer packaging Americas as part of the restructuring, will take up the role of president of global consumer packaging, according to an Aug. 4 statement from Sonoco.
Haynes had served the company as president of metal packaging North America; division vice president and general manager of rigid paper containers North America; and division vice president of operations for tubes and cores for the US and Canada.
James Harrell will continue to preside over the industrial paper packaging segment. Sean Cairns, president of Sonoco EMEA/APAC, “is leaving the company after 17 years,” the statement said. Cairns had been elevated to president of consumer packaging EMEA/APAC as part of the November restructuring.
Darlington County investigates cybersecurity incident
Darlington County is conducting an active and ongoing investigation into a cybersecurity incident that is affecting some computer systems and limiting County services.
In a statement issued Aug. 12, the County said it has proactively taken some systems offline, while some services remain available, albeit in a limited capacity.
Emergency services remain operational, and the incident has not affected the 911 communications center’s ability to receive and dispatch emergency services.
The County is “working with third-party cybersecurity specialists and law enforcement agencies at all levels to restore full functionality to our network,” the statement said.
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