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~ j :1 TUESDAY NOVEMBER 15, 1983 A. Existing Average Flow City of Martinsville (6 mgd capacity) From Henry County PSA Total 3.98 mgd 1. 50 mgd 5.48 mgd B. Projected Average Flow Domestic I nd ustrial Total 2.20 mgd 5.40 mgd 7 . 60 m gd c. Destination of Projected Flows City's Plant PSA's Upper Smith River Plant Total 5.33 mgd 2.27 mgd '1.60 mgd NOTE: Proposed expansion of City's plant is to 8.00 mgd Mr. Crush then presented a chronology of events pertaining to design and study developments, beginning with August of 1981 with an upgrade study when, initially, it was proposed that the City's treatment plant be upgraded to 12 mgd capacity but subsequently changed to 8 mgd with a proposal that the Henry County PSA's Upper SmIth River Plant be expanded from its present 4 mgd to 8 mgd, and referring to various meetings and consultations with the State Water Control Board, the State Department of Health, the City's representatives, the Henry County Public Service Authority, representatives of the local duPont plant, and others, and on through October of 1983, during which period of time much consideration was given to the City's plant's digester overloading (because of increased textile waste) and to the resulting odor problems. Mr. Crush also presented a chronology of events relating to negotiations with the Henry County Public Service Authority whereby the PSA's Upper Smith River Treatment Plant is to be expanded from 4 mgd to 8 mgd capacity, the City will buy or purchase a portion of its capacity, and the PSA will share (by 33%) in the cost of expanding the City's treatment plant (from 6 mgd to 8 mgd).