Lenroc pays for study on how Ephrata system handles chemicals

EPHRATA Ephrata is looking how its septic system could serve heavy industry.

The city agreed to hire Gray and Osborne to review how well the sewer system could handle the waste from Lenroc. The Ephrata fertilizer company wants to connect to the citys system.

The $2,200 bill for the study will be paid by Lenroc, City Administrator Wes Crago said. The company is located at the north side of the port.

Theyve got a number of interesting chemical compounds that they work through, he said. They would like to see if its possible to use our sanitary sewer system to process their discharge.

City officials are concerned what chemicals would go into the citys wastewater treatment plant, and how they would affect it.

Before we can say, Yes or no, we need to have a study done about what we can accept and what they would need to pretreat, Crago said.

The study will give the city more information about what the sewer system can support. He said the sewer system at the port isnt designed for heavy industry.

This could give us some more knowledge (about) what we would need to do to make ourselves more postured for heavy industry, Crago said. (It would) definitely tell us what we can and cant do.

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Lenroc pays for study on how Ephrata system handles chemicals