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,-. ----'--_..._.~_.__.__._-._.__.~- .:; /1 C v '::t t ADD END U H DATE: August 6, 1986 TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council FROM: George W. Brown, City Manager SUBJECT: Update Report--City/County Wastewater Facilities Background During the regular meeting of Council held May 13, 1986, I submitted an update report dated May 7, 1986, on City/County Wastewater Facilities. In this report I indicated that the plan approved sometime ago by the City and County for meeting the wastewater treatment needs for Martinsville and Henry County through use of existing treatment plants at their current capacity and the construction by the Henry County Public Service Authority (PSA) of a Third Plant (Marrowbone Plant) by January 1989 was no longer feasible. The treatment facilities included in this plan could not be provided within a, time frame to meet the accelerated dye facilities expansion program of Pannll1 Knitting Company in Martinsville which would result in a 0.5 MGD increase in water consumption by April 1987; and because of the proposed increase in water consumption by Tultex of 1.0 MGD by the end of 1987 and the increase in projected flow by Bassett Walker Knitting Company into the City's Plaot through 1988. In support of this conclusion a sheet was attached to the report showing the projected increases in industrial flows for TUltex, Pannill, aod Bassett Walker, along with the planned schedule for providing wastewater facilities by Henry County and Martinsvllle through 1988. This information revealed that there would be a treatment plant deficiency of 1.7 MGD in April 1987 and a 2.1 MGD deficiency by January 1, 1988. It was noted that these deficiencies could be decreased if the diversion of up to 2.8 MGD to the PSA Upper Smith River Plant could be accomplished rather than the planned 1.5 MGD. It was pOinted out that even if 2.8 MGD could be diverted to the Koehler Plant there would be a deficiency in treatment capacity of 0.8 MGD. Therefore, because of the projected treatment deficiency, a recommendation was made to Council to expand the City's Plant from 6 MGD to 8 MGD, which, without detailed plans, was estimated to cost $2,275,000. It was noted that this was the only way the treatment needs of Pannill Knitting Company and Tultex could be met through year 1988. During the meeting Mr. Dwight Pemberton of Pannill Knitting Company asserted that if Council would commit to providing wastewater treatment capacity sufficient to accommodate Pannil1 Knitting Company's needs his -_._--."~-,-~,._._-----_. _.__._----,..,~,.,_.,--'~--_._,~~---,,_.__..__._-------------