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• Economic Development

• Job Tax Credit Storage capacity: 975,000 gal. • Sewer: Plant Capacity: 35,450,000
Tier: 3; Amount: $1,250 per job. elevated, 5,150,000 gal. ground. gal/day; Plant Load: 13,000,000
For more information go to www. Source: 41 deep wells. Pumping gal/day; Primary, secondary treat-
dca.state.ga.us/economic/TaxCredits/ capacity: 52,052 gal/min. ment plant.
programs/taxcredit.asp • New Treatment Plant to pulp and paper factories for about 20
Bring Jobs & Clean Water years. This may be the first time a city
• Utilities The February 2010 groundbreaking has used the equipment in this way.
• Electricity: Chatham County has for a new wastewater treatment facility The project received $17.5 million
an excellent ability to supply
industrial demands. Compared to in Port Wentworth heralds a visionary in American Recovery and Reinvest-
47% for the U.S., coal accounts partnership in water reuse and con- ment Act funds. “It will have the
for 84% of fuel used by the state’s servation, investment in communities, benefit of making reclaimed or reuse
power generating plants. This and a commitment to safeguarding water for irrigation as a substitute
assures long-term continuity. If human health and the environment. for potable water in an area of lim-
demand exceeds 900kw, any sup- The new facility, on 22 acres west ited groundwater resources, and will
plier can step in and offer service. of the Savannah River and less than provide for a population expected
• Natural Gas: Available in indus- a mile southeast of I-95, will be able to increase from less than 10,000 to
trial quantities on both a firm and to process 2 million gallons per day. over 22,000 by the year 2020,” said
an interruptible basis. Since introducing oxygen into the ef- Acting EPA Deputy Regional Admin-
• Water: Plant capacity: 77,110,000 fluent or discharged water is required istrator Beverly Banister.
gal/day. Consumption: to discharge into the Savannah River, Port Wentworth expects the proj-
25,020,000 gal/day average, the project will include two super- ect to create and/or preserve approx-
31,458,000 gal/day maximum. oxygenating cones, such as used by imately 100 jobs in the area.

Education in Port Wentworth

• Savannah-Chatham Coun- Benton Boulevard in Pooler. The • Savannah College of Art and
ty Public School System new school includes 74 classrooms Design, www.scad.edu
Students in the Port Wentworth complete with a media center and • Savannah School of Massage
community attend a variety of schools state-of-the-art technology. Therapy, www.ssomt.com
within the Savannah-Chatham County Savannah-Chatham County Public • Savannah State University,
Public School System (SCCPSS), Schools www.savstate.edu
depending on where they live, or their 208 Bull St., Savannah, GA 31401 • Savannah Technical College,
particular educational needs. SCCPSS 912-395-5600 www.savannahtech.edu
is made up of more than 50 schools • Skidaway Institute of Oceanogra-
and satellite facilities. One of the larg- • Higher Learning phy, www.skio.peachnet.edu
est employers in the county, SCCPSS Port Wentworth high school gradu- • South University,
also serves 35,000 students. ates who are eager for an advanced www.southuniversity.edu
Many gains were made within the education have plenty of local options • The University of Georgia Marine
2008-09 school year. The state’s final from which to choose. There are at Extension Service, www.marex.uga.
Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) report by least 17 institutes of higher learning edu/aquarium
the Department of Education revealed in the Savannah area: • Troy University,
100% of SCCPSS’ 31 elementary schools • Armstrong Atlantic State University, www.savannah.troy.edu
met AYP requirements under the federal www.armstrong.edu • University of Phoenix,
No Child Left Behind Act. SCCPSS also • Columbia College, www.ccis.edu www.phoenix.edu
received several recognitions from the • Embry Riddle Aeronautical Univer- • University of South Carolina Beau-
Governor’s Office of Student Achieve- sity, www.erau.edu/savannah fort, www.sc.edu/beaufort
ment, including State Superintendent’s • Georgia Tech Savannah, • Webster University, www.webster.edu
Distinguished Achievement Awards www.gtsav.gatech.edu Savannah State University
and the Governor’s Cup. • Medical College of Georgia,
SCCPSS added another school to www.mcg.edu
its family in 2010. A new PK-8 school • Saint Leo University at Savannah,
www.saintleo.edu
opened in Godley Station, just off z
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Port Wentworth Community Guide 2011-2012 • www.visitportwentworth.com • 912-965-1999