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<br />2~ <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />JANUARY 24, 1984 <br /> <br />- <br /> <br />The Two-Plant Concept <br />and the "Region" <br /> <br />When Wiley & Wilson re-entered the picture in 1981, it was to design <br />the "interim" improvements (which could be accomplished in the short <br />term) and to plan for a major expansion of the plant from 6.0 MGD to <br />12.0 MGD (which would take considerably longer). <br /> <br />We proceeded with the "interim" improvements, which ended up costing <br />$1,535,875, of which amount $1,023,917 was paid by the City and <br />$511,958 was ultimately paid by P.S.A. <br /> <br />But when Wiley & Wilson, in August, 1981, announced its estimate of <br />the cost of expanding the plant to 12.0 MGD, $8,576,000, P.S.A. <br />decided that it would not participate in the cost of such an expensive <br />project. This decision was based on a January, 1982, report to P.S.A. <br />by engineering consultant William C. Overman Associates. <br /> <br />Overman's report identified a number of alternatives for P.S.A. and, <br />in effect, for the City, but it ended by recommending "Alternate 5"-- <br />which came then to be referred to as the "two-plant concept". This <br />concept was based on the premises that: <br /> <br />1. The City and P.S.A. combined would require a total <br />of 16.0 MGD sewage treatment capacity within the <br />next 20 years. <br /> <br />2. This capacity could be gained most effectively by <br />planning to expand the City's plant from 6.0 MGD <br />to 8.0 MGD and the P.S.A.'s Upper Smith River <br />(Koehler) Plant from 4.0 MGD to 8.0 MGD. <br /> <br />3. The Koehler plant would be expanded initially. A <br />first step would be the diversion of the Jones <br />Creek flow. <br /> <br />The Overman report concluded, "In addition to providing the most <br />economical long and short term solution to a problem of common <br />interest to the City of Martinsville and the County of Henry, Alternate <br />5 provides even greater flexibility than other available methods for <br />it permits the diversion of wastewater flows to either the City or <br />Authority treatment facility. Thereby, Alternate 5 provides further <br />for the maximum use of each facility and system at all times." <br /> <br />There are three points that deserve to be recognized at this juncture: <br /> <br />1. The City's plant has for a long time been viewed <br />as a "regional" plant--a rather loose bit of <br />semantics denoting that it was multi-jurisdictional. <br />The WPPDC "Metropolitan/Regional Comprehensive <br />