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approve it. That goes back to the basic question to what we're putting in here, which is
nothing more than adding a waste treatment plant to the PRD. You know exactly what waste
treatment plant we're adding is another set of entirely different questions. An. I right,
Carroll?
This question of stand by generation is coupled with that holding tank, and I think
that's something we've all found to be not desirable.
HEDRICK: I think our mind is still remembering those words, and I think all the
board puts a great deal of trust in Carroll Weber, you know, his discussing and commenting
and advising on the matters we've had before us relative to waste treatment, and Mr. Mills
said, we hear ringing still in our heads, you know, above all, he would take, first of
all, stand by generation as a requirement for any type of mechanical treatment. And I
think that, at least that's a problem with me. If it's not going to be put in there, and
he is saying that it's not going to be put in there above all else. That's why I'm having
a conflict inside my own mind.
MURDOCK: I have a question I'd like to ask of Mr. Williams concerning just what
you're talking about. If you have this stand by generator, the water goes off the
treatment plant goes bad, what good would it be? Or would it be some good? I'm not
mechanically minded, and I'd like to know.
WILLIAMS: I didn't hear the last part of it?
MURDOCK: What good would it be if your water goes off, and of course your treatment
plant is going off, what benefit is your generator going to be? Now I can see if your
treatment plant goes off and the water stays on, and I can see the benefit of it.
WILLIAMS: Normally, the water goes off, and in tor. Lewis' case where he's going to
use pressure storage tanks, as he pointed out, without the power source, you know, to
provide the pressure in the tank, the water is not going to flow much longer. There might
be a few gallons because of the pressure cycle, but basically it's going to quit real
soon. So to answser your question if you had stand by generation on the sewer ple.nt and
didn't have it on the well, then the sewer plant would get back to operating. But you
wouldn't have any water or anything coming down the line. So basically you'd be turning
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HEDRICK: The well being only a 100 and some feet away, I'd think it would be common
sense to wire that emergency generator to both the well pump and the treatment, if it were
required and available. I certainly would look at that. I'm thinking of a generator would
supply more voltage than required by just the
WILLIAMS: I think you're right. If we got pushed into a generator, I think that
would be a wise thing to do.
HEDRICK: I'm still a little bit at a loss. Duane, if NRCD is going to require that
stand by generator, then you are saying the project is as proposed here is going to have
to be scrubbed and
LEWIS: That's correct.
CROSSWHITE: Let me ask Mr. Williams a question. Would it be feasible to put a cut-
off switch to the water that would cut it off in case the waste treatment plant were cut
off?
WILLIAMS: Yes, ma'am. On another project about a year I was real pleased, because
it was a lift station, and the State is very adamant about having stand by generation on
lift station, as I mentioned earlier. It just so happened that we showed that we could
control the well supply, the water supply, by putting an electrically operated valve, if
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But since the generator costs, you know, something like $10 or $12 thousand, it makes
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CROSSWHITE: Thank you.
HEDRICK: If the generator is required, then that's going to scrub it, I can't
understand why it even appears on the plat. Any other questions?
LEWIS: Is that a question?
HEDRICK I was asking the board if they have any more questions, I assume that it
would now be an appropriate time for your closing remarks, if you choose to make any,
Duane.
LEWIS: Well, most of my closing remarks are just, revolve around one basic factor,