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Article describes how 2 Million Gallons of sewage a DAY is discharged into Susquehanna River system until sewage plant is brought back up.
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Sewage-treatment plant may be online Monday, mayor says
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07/21/06
Sewage-treatment plant may be online Monday, mayor says
Staff Report
ONEONTA — The city’s wastewater-treatment plant may be back in service Monday after being out of commission for nearly four weeks.
Major repairs have been completed and a new generator has been installed at the facility, which was crippled by flooding June 28, Mayor John Nader said.
"It is important to have two sources of power," Nader said.
Although the plant could have gone online with a sole source of power, any electricity disruption would cause the mostly underground plant to flood again, Nader said.
The plant’s original on-site generator was a casualty of the flooding, along with 40 motors that ran pumps at the plant in the Silas Lane municipal complex.
Nader said "virtually complete" treatment of the wastewater will begin Monday. One of the finishing treatments conducted by the plant is still not available, he said.
Although the repair work at the plant is nearing completion, much remains to be done at the municipal complex.
"There’s a lot of ongoing work taking place," Nader said.
The complex was flooded when water from the Susquehanna River came through a utility tunnel.
Because the wastewater-treatment plant, which discharged about 2 million gallons of treated sewage daily, is off-line, sewage has been expelled into the river untreated since the flooding.
Nader said flood-control improvements to the entire municipal complex are being considered, but details on funding remain unclear.
Nader also said the Wilber Park pool may be ready to open Monday.
The Neahwa Park pool will remain closed indefinitely, Nader said.
"We’re still waiting for motors," Nader said. The pool also to be needs to be cleaned and sanitized, he said.
HLR
Sewage-treatment plant may be online Monday, mayor says
Print Story
07/21/06
Sewage-treatment plant may be online Monday, mayor says
Staff Report
ONEONTA — The city’s wastewater-treatment plant may be back in service Monday after being out of commission for nearly four weeks.
Major repairs have been completed and a new generator has been installed at the facility, which was crippled by flooding June 28, Mayor John Nader said.
"It is important to have two sources of power," Nader said.
Although the plant could have gone online with a sole source of power, any electricity disruption would cause the mostly underground plant to flood again, Nader said.
The plant’s original on-site generator was a casualty of the flooding, along with 40 motors that ran pumps at the plant in the Silas Lane municipal complex.
Nader said "virtually complete" treatment of the wastewater will begin Monday. One of the finishing treatments conducted by the plant is still not available, he said.
Although the repair work at the plant is nearing completion, much remains to be done at the municipal complex.
"There’s a lot of ongoing work taking place," Nader said.
The complex was flooded when water from the Susquehanna River came through a utility tunnel.
Because the wastewater-treatment plant, which discharged about 2 million gallons of treated sewage daily, is off-line, sewage has been expelled into the river untreated since the flooding.
Nader said flood-control improvements to the entire municipal complex are being considered, but details on funding remain unclear.
Nader also said the Wilber Park pool may be ready to open Monday.
The Neahwa Park pool will remain closed indefinitely, Nader said.
"We’re still waiting for motors," Nader said. The pool also to be needs to be cleaned and sanitized, he said.
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