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Lower Macungie commissioners on Thursday approved a plan that will allow Jaindl Land Co. to run a sewer line to hundreds of acres it intends to develop in the western part of the township.

The plan also requires residents to pump out their on-lot septic systems every five years.

The board took public comments and residents may submit written comments until June 7.

The plan, which revises the official township sewer plan, calls for expansion of public sewer to the area where Jaindl wants to develop about 600 acres of farmland. Jaindl's land is bounded by Smith Lane and Mertztown, Spring Creek and Ruth roads. Commissioners approved the subdivision this month.

Jaindl could develop up to 4 million square feet of warehouses, 692 residential units, a 443,000-square-foot shopping center, a convenience store with gas pumps, and a restaurant. David Jaindl has said he would not develop to the maximum extent he's allowed.

Some residents feared extension of the sewer would come at the expense of taxpayers or that homeowners would have to connect if the line runs past their property. Commissioners quelled both fears Thursday.

Township engineer William Erdman said Jaindl would pay to install the sewer line. While the township has an ordinance that allows commissioners to require property owners to connect when a sewer line is run within 150 feet of their home or business, the board has never done that.

"We have no reason to come in and ask anybody to connect that isn't interested in doing so at this point," township planner Sara Pandl said.

Resident Rob Hamill urged commissioners not to approve the plan, saying the sewer system is overloaded as it is and there is no more capacity.

"We're treating the Little Lehigh [Creek] as a public sewer," Hamill said.

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EVANSVILLE Junie Wright, who lives on in the 1800 block of Young Avenue, said she's gotten used to the smell of the sewage from the septic tanks in her neighborhood.

"I'm in the lowest part of the area, so we smell everybody's," she said at a meeting held Tuesday at the Helfrich Middle School cafeteria to address such issues.

About 90 city residents attended the Evansville Water and Sewer Utility-sponsored meeting about a new plan to give septic-tank users access to sewer lines.

Two neighborhoods were the focus of attention Tuesday: Cave, which is southwest of Diamond and St. Joseph avenues, and Mt. Auburn, which is east of St. Joseph Avenue at Mesker Park Drive.

After planning since 2010, these areas were designated as priorities among the 29 neighborhoods that have failing septic tanks some of which are 70 years old as they may cause an array of health issues.

Although final costs have yet to be determined, adding the 160 affected homes to city sewer lines could cost just over $1 million, director Allen Mounts said. Bonds for the project would be retired mostly through utility user fees, and homes in the target area will have to pay for the conversion.

Wright said she looks forward to a stench-free area, but she said "I don't look forward to paying the tap in."

Homeowners have the choice between utility or customer connection options.

Under the utility option, officials there select a pit location and install a grinder and connection lines to the main line. It covers that cost, the cost for electricity for the grinder, the costs to maintain the grinder, which has a life span of about 15 years.

The user is responsible for a $1,200 tap fee, installing a lateral from the house to the grinder and collapsing the septic tank.

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City looks at extending sewer service for some septic tank users

A proposal to extend the towns sewer line to parts of Misquamicut is being reviewed by town officials, including the Town Council and the Public Works Committee. What follows are 10 questions on the proposal. The answers are based on information provided by Town Manager Steven Hartford and other advocates of the project:

What is the catalyst/motive for the proposed project?

This is the third attempt to extend the sewer line to Misquamicut in recent memory. A similar effort was voted town during a town-wide referendum in 2000. Plans for sewers at Misquamicut were also rejected in 1984.

Officials say the current proposal comes in response to state environmental policies and a state Department of Environmental Management rule requiring owners of property within 200 feet of a coastal shoreline feature, including salt ponds, to install denitrification septic systems to replace cesspools. Nitrogen, a by-product of human and other animal waste, is thought to harm water bodies by causing fish disease, algae blooms and low dissolved oxygen levels.

After a meeting with Misquamicut Fire District residents in July, town officials set about looking for a long-term solution to prevent the proliferation of the costly denitrification systems, many of which require above ground sand filters that take up space in yards and many consider to be unsightly. The systems, which range in price from about $30,000 to $45,000, require maintenance and eventual replacement, and remove only about half of the nitrogen produced by a residence or commercial building. The solution developed by officials is the current sewer extension proposal.

Extending the sewer line, advocates and state environmental officials say, is the best environmental practice for the sensitive area and anticipates the implementation of stricter state regulations.

How was the project area determined? Why not extend the sewer line farther down Atlantic Avenue?

The proposal currently calls for two phases, both in what officials say is an environmentally critical area. The first phase of the project is a section of Atlantic Avenue, Maplewood Avenue to Winnapaug Road. Phase II is most of the rest of southwestern Misquamicut.

To extend the sewer line further down Atlantic Avenue, past Winnapaug Road, would risk disturbing the barrier beach and is prohibited by the Rhode Island Coastal Resources Management Council (CRMC), officials have said.

Is hooking into the sewer system optional?

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Q&A: The proposed Misquamicut sewers

HUNTSVILLE All that stands in the way of building wastewater lines to serve residents who were annexed as long as 18 years ago is a campsite where American Indians once stopped to sharpen their arrowheads.

Federal law protects the site, where early Texas Indians left flint flakes on the dirt floor of what is now the Sam Houston National Forest, according to Randy Prewitt of the U.S. Forest Service.

This single use campsite is in the path of the last leg of project to install two sewer lines that would complete infrastructure on the east side and serve about 40 homes near Old Colony Road still without service, said the citys project manager Tom Weger.

The city annexed part of the Old Colony Road property in 1994 and another parcel in 2002. City residents who live in these areas use septic tanks.

This (project) will not only enhance our system but will provide service on the east side of the city, Mayor Mac Woodward said.

But the two lines, an 8-inch and an 18-inch major trunk line, are still in the engineering phase because of federal permit issues, a key hurdle, Jeff Cannon, vice president of Schaumburg and Polk, Inc., told Huntsville City Council at its last meeting.

The lines, part of the citys master plan, would tie into lines that are already within the national forest. Work has been ongoing for two years delayed by changing federal regulations as well wildfires.

Cannon said the forest service rejected an earlier set of plans after the agencys archeological site requirements changed. Schaumburg and Polk has since redrawn the plans to route the sewer line in question around the Indian campsite.

There will be additional value in completing the nearly $2 million project, Weger told City Council it will save money by eliminating five sewage lift stations and the power they consume.

The city also saved money in the pre-engineering phase, Cannon told council.

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After hiring a new project engineer and approving a proposal that will allow them to borrow up to $2 million more to cover the remaining cost of the project, both the Scott Twp. Sewer Authority and board of supervisors are now looking to find out what went wrong.

The Scott Twp. sewer project has come with a series of setbacks, change orders and surprise costs that have put the project about 38 percent over budget, said Supervisor Chairman Dave Makala.

Mr. Makala said that if there were errors, someone must be held accountable. He and the supervisors are waiting for a report from an independent engineer from Harrisburg that reviewed the project.

"We need to get the independent study done; at that point we'll decide as supervisors if there will be any action taken against the sewer authority or any other party," Mr. Makala said.

About 1,350 homes and businesses in Scott Twp. will hook up to the $18.4 million sewer system, which has been under construction since October 2009. The system is part of a plan to address the state Department of Environmental Protection's concerns about malfunctioning septic tanks polluting Griffin Pond and Chapman Lake.

Meanwhile, the township will foot the bill for the uncompleted work, including paying to install about 20 laterals, or sewer hookups for homes and businesses, that were missed or skipped during the course of the design and construction.

One of the missing laterals leads to a trailer park that should serve 27 equivalent dwelling units, a standard measurement of sewer usage, sewer authority member Michael Giannetta said. A single-family home usually counts as a single EDU, and apartment complexes, schools and large businesses count as more.

"We need to get them in now because we're missing out on revenue from all the homes and businesses" that cannot hook into the system, Mr. Giannetta said.

Because of the missed laterals and change orders, the money budgeted for road repair was eaten up. There are not enough funds to complete the repairs to roads damaged during the project, officials said.

Former sewer authority member Bill White said he voted "no" on many of the change orders presented by contractors and engineers. Now the township is paying for those project changes in the form of the possible $2 million loan, he added.

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The stink of bacteria-filled sewage that has plagued Eagleville for years could dissipate sooner than expected.

In a significant change of plans, officials with the city and the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation are pursuing a cheaper sewer system than proposed in January and last month, the city traded for a piece of land where it plans to install it.

Its prime real estate for what we want to do, said City Administrator William Haston.

Various efforts to install Eaglevilles first sewer system have failed in recent years, leaving some residents to rely on shoddy septic tanks that allow sewage to puddle in yards and streets and to flow into creeks that feed the Harpeth River. Officials lay out dire scenarios if nothing is done deadly sickness, lawsuits or regulatory penalties but have met with resistance to sewer bill hikes that would come with a new system.

The latest proposal tries to address the cost concern, Haston said, without cutting significant corners on quality. The biggest difference is that the sewage wouldnt be treated to the point that it could be poured directly into the creeks. Instead of a price tag of $4.2 million and a completion date of 2014 for the cutting-edge system proposed before, officials now estimate their cost at about $2 million, with groundbreaking possible by the end of the year.

State officials found problems with the citys earlier proposal, which would have pumped treated sewage into a small creek that couldnt handle the flow. It also could have pushed homeowner sewer bills to about $100 a month.

The city recently traded 20 acres off Main Street for 26 acres off Allisona Road, where officials propose building a septic tank effluent pump (STEP) system that includes tanks at individual properties connected to a treatment system that cleans the sewage and discharges it into a field.

The plan has the support of state environmental officials. If all goes as planned, the citys project should be permitted, approved and constructed before the end of this year, said TDEC spokeswoman Meg Lockhart.

Officials are still trying to secure funding and have pursued grants and loans, including from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and federal Community Development Block Grants.

Haston said the funding should be secured and construction started before the end of the year. He said the city is closer than ever to getting a system and that it has been a long time coming.

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LISBON - Restoration of a historic bridge, improvements to public water and sewer systems, and repaving streets were among the projects Columbiana County commissioners are being asked to fund with their 2013 allocation of federal Community Development Block grant.

Commissioners are scheduled to receive $249,600 in CDBG money next year, and the funding requests received at Wednesday's public hearing from the 10 communities and county engineer's office totaled $730,546.

In addition, the Ohio Department of Development, which administers the CDBG program, has limited the number of projects that can be funded to four, with the result being fewer awards than past years.

County Engineer Bert Dawson asked commissioners for $40,000 of the $249,600 that is available to provide the last bit of funding he needs to restore a historic steel bowstring-arch bridge and relocate it to the county fairgrounds.

Dawson first proposed doing so in 2010 and has spent the past two years trying to secure the necessary funding, which he has done, except for the final $40,000.

The 105-foot bridge - which is basically a much smaller and older version of the Fort Pitt Bridge - once crossed the Middle Fork of the Little Beaver Creek on South Market Street in Lisbon. It has been stored on the engineer's property after replaced 50 years ago with a concrete span.

The bridge is believed to have been constructed in the 1880s, and Dawson has proposed moving it to the fairgrounds, where it would be used a pedestrian walkway spanning a ravine that separates the campground and the midway.

The cost of the project is an estimated $542,203, with Dawson securing a $433,762 grant from the Ohio Department of Transportation to cover the majority. Although the application stated the fair board is contributing $68,441, he said it his understanding the organization only pledged $40,000.

The following is a list of the other applications:

Perry Township

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he Fayette County Board of Education late this summer will consider closing up to four elementary schools and a middle school to help offset falling tax revenues.

The school board at the conclusion of the May 2 workshop left Superintendent Jeff Bearden with instructions to provide information on the potential closure of Fayette Middle School, Fayetteville Intermediate School, Hood Avenue Primary School, Tyrone Elementary and Brooks Elementary schools. The closure options will also include opening Rivers Elementary School.

Bearden in April had proposed to close Fayette Middle, Hood Avenue Primary and Fayetteville Intermediate and open Rivers Elementary as a way to help offset the school system that is facing significant decreasing revenues from plummeting local tax revenues and falling student enrollment that generates approximately $4,000 per student from state sources.

Each of the schools initially proposed for closure are located in the Fayetteville school board district represented by Bob Todd who, unlike at least three of the remaining four board members, is not up for reelection this year.

The discussion among board members at the May 2 workshop ended with Bearden being asked to develop four optional closure plans for consideration. Those include:

1. Beardens original proposal for closing Fayette Middle, Hood Avenue Primary and Fayetteville Intermediate and opening Rivers;

2. Beardens proposal and closing Tyrone Elementary;

3. Beardens proposal and closing Brooks Elementary; or

4. Beardens proposal and closing both Tyrone and Brooks.

The May 2 meeting was scheduled to hear the details behind Beardens April recommendation to close Fayette Middle, Hood Avenue and Fayetteville Intermediate and open Rivers Elementary northwest of the city.

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WESTERLY Dozens of residents opposed to a plan that would extend the town sewer line to Misquamicut, at a cost borne largely by shoreline residents and businesses, filled the Town Council chambers Monday night.

The residents raised a number of questions about the $24 million proposal while others leveled criticism. They asked whether businesses would pay an equitable share of the project cost, whether the sewage plant has enough capacity, whether the project would prompt an undesirable development boom, and whether it is being rushed. They also questioned why the Town Council, not residents at a referendum, would decide whether to move forward with the plan.

Town Manager Steven Hartford, an advocate and architect of the plan, said that the most recent projections show that Misquamicut residents would pay $1,227 annually for the project for 20 years, the duration of a revenue bond that would be issued to finance the work. Under the traditional sewer extension system in which the town pays for about half of a project and new users pay for the other half, residents would pay about $1,220 per year, Hartford said

Examples of the cost for commercial properties, under the proposal, include the Breezeway Resort, which would pay $17,795 annually and $355,899 over 20 years, and Marias, which would pay $23,062 annually and $461,241 for the term of the bond.

The proposal follows a cesspool phaseout program enacted by the Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management. The phaseout requires owners of property within 200 feet of a coastal shoreline feature, including salt ponds, to install costly denitrification septic systems to replace cesspools. Residents said the cesspool phaseout applies to less than 50 property owners in the Misquamicut area.

Hartford and others who developed the plan said they believe it achieves a fair balance between what residents would pay and what businesses would pay. The amounts are based on projections of system use rather than the traditional lot size determination. Under the plan, Hartford said businesses would pay eight times more than they would pay under the lot size payment determination.

While theres a perception out there that the homeowners are paying more then they would under a conventional sewer extension, thats just not true, and the reason is that the businesses are picking up a substantially greater portion of what they would under a conventional assessment, Hartford said.

In response to another question, Hartford said that while the current plan gives residents who have already installed denitrification systems a 10-year forbearance period before they are required to hook up to the sewer system, all property owners in the affected area will be required to eventually hook up to the system. Officials are considering extending the 10-year forbearance to a longer period of time.

The sewer plant on Margin Street can handle the additional load presented by extending the sewer line without the need for an expansion of the plant, Hartford said. The plan does not require a townwide referendum because revenue bonds would be used to pay for the project. Revenue bonds are paid off with money generated by user fees as opposed to general obligation bonds, which are paid with taxes from all town taxpayers. General obligation bonds require referendums.

Russell Ryan of Kimball Avenue said businesses should have to pick up a greater share of the cost of extending the sewer line since they have more to gain, including not having to give up parking spaces to make room for new septic systems.

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