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HomeMy WebLinkAboutC.054.93008_0907 (2)462 MILLS: You're not going to have a detention tank in this one? WILLIAMS: Right. MILLS: You're not going to have stand by generation? All you got is the package treatment plant and the sewage that flows into that is (not clear)and if it goes un- treated, then it goes through these (not clear) and goes into the lake. Is that right? WILLIAMS: Basically that's true. Yes. MILLS: So the only way that we would have to insure that the package treatment plant is working properly would be if it were for lack of power, to have stand by generation. And I think that was what Mr. Weber was getting at. And I keep hearing conflicting statements back and forth, you don't want the detention tank because of the cost of putting it in. Is that right? And the fact that you all don't think that it's worth that much. And now you're saying, WILLIAMS: There's a lot of objections to a detention tank, and really it was not intended that it would keep the plant running if you had a power failure. All it was going to do was to (not clear) what was there (not clear) run through. But it had no effect on whether the plant was running or not. You know. The obvious solution for that was the stand by generation. The only reason I'm saying is we don't need it, you all don't have an ordinance, and I don't believe the State is going to require it. HEDRICK: I think if you had a water system that was continually running while there was a power outage, then obviously you would be able to generate waste into a sanitary treatment facility, but if you're operating on a well that's operated by a pump operated by electricity, if the power is off, there'll be nothing except what's in the system lying there dormant waiting on more waste to come into it to be treated. WILLIAMS: That's true. We will be operating off a one -well system, and you've seen on the plat the well is only 130-140 feet away, and you can easily put a switching device in there to shut down that well. You know, if it's not knocked out by lightening or whatever doesn't happen to knock them both out. idea? HEDRICK: How much water storage do you anticipate having, Duane? Do you have any LEWIS: This plant is designed to handle 20,000 gallons per day. HEDRICK: I'm speaking more in terms of water, fresh wat^r storage, if the water supply were to be, if the well were to be inoperable because of power failure. Do you have 1,000? No, I'm talking about a storage tank, an above -ground storage tank. LEWIS: There's a gravity flow low ground storage tank there, but it'll have to be pumped uphill to the units, therefore the only thing that will come down the line is whatever is in the bowls at the time. (not clear) Even if we had a 5 or even 10 thousand gallon storage tank, it would not get anything in it, down elevation. HEDRICK: Being new, as I am, in this, I sometimes don't understand things, and it appears this is one of them in that it looks to me like the NRCD requirements would be absolutely known before the presentation is made to the board. Is that not normal? Do we, try us, and then go on to NRCD and see what they're going to require? I mean, BECKHAM: What stage are your plans in at the State? - LEWIS: We're waiting on the requirement of health services to come out of Black Mountain, to take a look at the stream into which we discharge, because that stream is considered Class 2 -A water. It's a very important water source. They already know it, it's just one of those things that have to be done. You have to have them come down and look at it. They've already looked at it in Mooresville; they've looked at it and sent reports back to Raleigh, but now it has to go back and come down through Black Mountain. HEDRICK: How long do you anticipate before they give a yea or nay, green light for you or red light? NRCD? LEWIS: My last phone conversation was a week. They gave me three weeks and then they came down, and I told them we were in a hurry, and he said he would try to get down this week. HEDRICK: So once he LEWIS: But you're confusing things in that, you see there are so many ways you can design a waste treatment plant, and you're entering into a territory in which you have to know all those ways a treatment plant could be designed. And I can't tell you, Carroll Williams could probably maybe lay it out, you know, the stato would approve. I'm answer- ing the question why you're not aware of what's going in there before you're asked to FI