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<br />MAY 11, 1982 <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />~ <br /> <br />Upon recommendation of the City's administrative staff, Council unanimously designated-- <br /> <br />and established a combined highest priority for--proposed water and sewer projects (viz., <br /> <br />to acquire additional raw water sources and to expand sewage treatment facilities, <br /> <br />respectively, for which preliminary planning was reported as being well underway) for <br /> <br />Community Development Block Grant funding and for inclusion in the West Piedmont <br /> <br />Planning District Commission's projects and priorities to be submitted to the Virginia <br /> <br />-- <br /> <br />Department of Housing & Community Development in accordance with recently-revised pro- <br /> <br />cedures, as outlined by Mr. Michael Hicks, WPPDC staff member. <br /> <br />Mr. Tom E. Crush, P.E., and an Associate on the staff of Wiley & Wilson, Consulting <br /> <br />Engineers, appeared before Council and reviewed with Council a supplement (dated April <br /> <br />5, 1982) to this firm's Water Pollution Control Facility Upgrade Study dated August 31, <br /> <br />1981, which initial study recommended a 12-mgd expansion to the City's sewage treatment <br /> <br />plant; however, because the Henry County Public Service Authority subsequently indicated <br /> <br />that it will not increase its requested flow allocation nor will it participate in the <br /> <br />cost of expanding the City's facility, plus the PSA's offer to the City of the option of <br /> <br />diverting flow from the Jones Creek drainage area to the PSA's proposed-to-be~expanded <br /> <br />Upper Smith River treatment facility, and because of a decrease in industrial flow pro- <br /> <br />/- <br /> <br />jections, Wiley & Wilson now proposes the following alternatives (pertaining to the <br /> <br />City's treatment facility): <br /> <br />Alternative 1 - Expand the existing plant to 9 mgd. This will provide treat- <br />ment capacity necessary to meet the City's projected needs to the year 2000 <br />and, also, treat the 2 mgd allocation for the PSA, with provisions to increase <br />the City's plant capacity to 12 mgd in the future, if necessary. Estimated <br />total cost of this alternative project was listed as $5,126,000.00. <br /> <br />Alternative 2 - Utilize the existing plant, including on-going interim <br />improvements (costing $1,387,000.00 and to be completed in August-September <br />of 1982), to treat up to 8 mgd and still meet the effluent requirements of <br />the existing NPDES permit. By doing this and participating in the HCPSA <br />