REPORT: Water Commission Meeting August 1, 2012
The West Fork Water and Wastewater Commission held their regular monthly meeting at noon yesterday in city hall. The ADEQ has required that the commission state when the wastewater will be flowing to Fayetteville for treatment. The Commission decided to take the full time allowed; three years, hoping the project will be completed by June 2015. There was no discussion of how they plan to accomplish that.
Environmental agencies are insisting the city remove the 41 year accumulation of sewage treatment plant sludge from the two ponds (lagoons) built in 1970. The sludge has never been removed.
Robert White of McClelland Engineers, the commission’s engineer of record, estimates the removal could cost $45,000 or more. The commission will seek a properly certified company to do the job.
“There’s no budget set aside for this project,” said Utility Superintendent, Michael “Butch“ Bartholomew who has been responsible for maintenance of the wastewater treatment plant since it was built.
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