HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_0842 (2)STEWART: You can see it better on this one richt here than you can on that one.
BRYAN: That means that probably in the summer time you will be discharging in
probably less than six feet of water. That's the depth this alternative (not clear) . . .
It will he about six feet deep.
(Conversation among several people that is not clear.)
BRYAN: Those of you who were on the board when Heronwood first appeared before you,
we had quite a number of people in this room who were objecting and thinking about sewage
being dumped in Lake Norman, treated sewage, effluent, whatever you want to call it. In
fact tempers got pretty high, as I recall, out in the hallways. There were some four-
letter words passed, calling what would be floating down tF,e river. I guess, because some
of the feelings, it was my impression that the board of commissioners at that time, and
through whatever you want to call it, worked out a method by which developers agreed to
use septic tanks to keep from putting the sewage in Lake Norman. Because the septic tanks
were worked out, part of the argument against the development of Heronwood was eliminated
because the sewage was not going to be put right here in the lake.
If you look at the Findings of Fact you will see that one of the findings that the
commissioners made at that time was that the developers did have state approval for septic
tanks for that area. I have basically been against Heronwood from the beginning, not
because it was Heronwood, but because it's in the wrong place. They are building one of
the largest developments on the lake on the smallest portion of the lake.
The water flow, through this little area right here, is not all that great. The main
channel is on this side. Anything that goes through here goes right down the shore line.
I can assure you that these people that live down the shore line here are not going to be
very interested in having effluent running down the shore line, because all the water that
comes through there, what little that does. goes right down here to Clark Cove. This
water feeds the whole side of the lake.
Now, another problem that I have in dumping the effluent in the lake is that, I guess
the mechanical waste treatment plant does very well with (not clear) . stuff. But
what does it do with drugs, sleeping pills, with the Drano, with the Boarax, with all the
heavy (not clear) . that are used in cleaning that people tend to place down their
johns? it doesn't touch them.
Now, Lake Norman at this point is not really a lake or a river. The water is only
moving about two miles an hour. It's very slow. It's not fast. It's not fast moving
water. And if you've got a rate of discharge, and I don't know. +hat you estimate it to
be, but I guess it's pretty high when the thing's fully developed. How many gallons a
minute are you planning on discharging?
IKE SLAUGHTER: Carroll Williams is not here to discuss that. I think they were
actually looking at site plans, not a . . . .
BRYAN: Yeah, but the site plan is the beginning of approval, and I think we need to
know the facts.
SLAUGHTER: (not clear) . . . . Where does Troutman discharge its sewer?
(Conversation between Slaughter and Bryan that is not clear.)
--- BRYAN: Not into the lake. They dump it into a stream which leads to the lake.
SLAUGHTER: (Not clear) . . . .
BRYAN: But it's a municipality. so I'm saying as one of these opponents, I
basically can see the defeat. I've been whipped pretty often in this room. I've seen the
defeat it stopping Heronwood. But I still think that they should do what they said they
would do and whet they were approved for and that is stay off the island, no causeway, and
no mechanical waste treatment plant. That's what we talked about in the beginning and
that's where a lot of the opposition developed, keeping the sewage out of the lake. And
that's all we are asking for now. Let's leave it like it is. No more changes. We've
fought this battle a long time. Please let's keep the effluent out of the lake.
HEDRICK: Mr. Troutman, in the back. We are honored to have you here this evening.
JOE H. TROUTMAN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Ladies and Gentlemen of the board, I know
that you folks know that I have had a lot of hours spent at the same thing that you are
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