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4/2/2015 - South Side Leader

SPRINGFIELD Springfield trustees invited Summit County Public Health (SCPH) Water Quality Supervisor Ryan Pruett to the March 26 meeting to discuss changes in regulations coming for the 33,000 septic system users in the county.

Pruett stated the new changes, which went into effect Jan. 1, are designed to address faulty systems. [See related story above.]

We are worried about the ditches and green space affected by failing septic systems, said Pruett. Whats new is that all septic systems will have to have an operational permit. In addition, contractors will be required to file inspection reports on septic systems they service [in the county] to Summit County Public Health.

Pruett explained there are several different types of septic systems, including ones that release gray water or partially treated water that flows into ditches and eventually into waterways, and the changes being adopted will ensure this water is clean.

The permits will be required beginning this spring from all National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) types and other septic systems that were installed prior to 2007 in odd years and continue with discharging systems installed from 2007 to 2013 in odd years. The permit process will continue in 2016 with NPDES systems and those installed prior to 2007 in even years and then with those systems installed from 2008 to 2014.

The permit process will continue through 2018, according to Pruett.

NPDES system owners will have to pay $30 for an annual permit, and all other types will pay $20 or $30 for a two-year permit, according to Pruett.

He added that all NPDES permit holders will be required to complete required sampling, and other septic system owners must complete required maintenance. Service contractors will be required to file reports on all inspections to SCPH, and SCPH officials will monitor these reports and follow up when necessary.

Those systems that are deemed to be failing or not working must be fixed, said Pruett.

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When developer Sam Dunn came before the Marthas Vineyard Commission last year seeking permission to build his bowling alley in Oak Bluffs, one key selling point was the plan to build a nitrogen-removing septic system. The plan was considered environmentally responsible because it would protect the town harbor and Sunset Lake. Yet less than a year later, Mr. Dunn changed direction on his septic plans, applying to the Oak Bluffs wastewater commission for permission to connect to the town sewer system. After heated debate last week, a divided sewer commission agreed in a two-to-one vote to grant Mr. Dunns request despite the fact that the Uncas avenue site where the bowling alley, restaurant and entertainment center are in the final stages of construction, was not an approved area for town sewer expansion.

The advantage for Mr. Dunn is obvious: connecting to the sewer system will cost him about twenty-five thousand dollars compared to building a state-of-the art septic system at more than two hundred thousand dollars.

But the benefit to the town is much more murky. The town sewer commission, making an exception to its own rules, effectively traded away capacity at the plant that could have been used for other projects to satisfy a single business interest.

One of those projects involves an emerging plan to protect the Lagoon Pond by connecting private homes near the pond to the town wastewater plant. Spanning the towns Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven, the Lagoon is the most severely compromised pond on the Island due to nitrogen from residential septic systems. This year both towns have joined forces on an initiative expected to create a special overlay planning district to keep more nitrogen from entering the pond. Sewering is a primary objective of the initiative.

Placed in that context, the action by the Oak Bluffs wastewater commission last week seems especially short-sighted. Last night the Marthas Vineyard Commission was expected to follow the recommendation of its land use planning subcommittee and agree to the change in the septic plan without a public hearing. This is especially ironic given the fact that the commission itself is embarking on a major planning initiative to protect the Islands saltwater ponds from further degradation due to nitrogen.

The Vineyards clean environment is a major attraction for summer tourism and second homeowners who are the backbone of our economy. If Island towns cannot take a firm stand to protect their ponds, in the future we could be bowling alone.

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Kiryas Joel adopts Draft Environmental Impact Statement for annexation; report gives no indication of growth

Published Mar 26, 2015 at 3:08 pm (Updated Mar 26, 2015)

By Bob Quinn KIRYAS JOEL The Village of Kiryas Joel has adopted the final scope of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DGEIS) for the annexation of 507 acres from the unincorporated section of the Town of Monroe into the Village.

Now that the Final Scope has been adopted," village officials said in a press released issued by the Albany-based Corning Place Communications firm, the next step in the SEQRA process is for the Villages consultants to prepare the DGEIS for consideration by the Village Board as SEQRA lead agency. A subsequent public hearing on the DGEIS will be scheduled once it is accepted by the lead agency. The accepted DGEIS and subsequent SEQRA documents will continue to be shared publicly on the website.

No word on developmentThe scope does not indicate what would - or could - happen if the land is annexed from the town into the village. Theres no mention of housing, schools or roads.

Those questions are asked as part of a 13-page Full Environmental Assessment Form: Part 1 - Project and Setting.

Under the section labelled "Proposed and Potential Development," the following questions are posed. Each is followed by a box to mark Yes and another to mark No.

Does the project include new residential uses?

No. Does the proposed action include construction or other activities that will result in the impoundment of any liquids, such as creation of a water supply, reservoir, pond, lake, waste lagoon or storage?

No. Will the propose action use, or create a new demand for water?

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Rich Colaiano, with Advanced Sewer and Drain, slides a fiber optic camera in to a drain clean out to check the drain system underneath Casey Middle School in Boulder. (Mark Leffingwell / Staff Photographer)

Boulder Valley staff members and outside consultants are rebalancing the air handling system for better air circulation and installing extended vents at Casey Middle School over spring break.

Extending roof vent pipes farther will allow the district to remove carbon filters so the building can "breathe" better, district officials said. The district also is repeating several previous tests, including a pressurized smoke test to check for leaks in pipes and sending video cameras down the septic lines.

There have been complaints about the presence of low levels of hydrogen sulfide gas, signaled by an intermittent stink of rotten eggs, since the school was rebuilt in 2009-10 for $33 million.

"Significant efforts have been made to identify the source," said Superintendent Bruce Messinger.

More recently, parents and teachers have come forward with health concerns they believe are caused by exposure to hydrogen sulfide and demanded that the district do more to address the issue.

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What: Casey Middle School community meeting

When: 6 to 7:30 p.m. April 2

Where: Casey Middle, 1301 High St., Boulder

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PITTSBURGH (KDKA) Its the largest Public Works project in the history of the region.

Its bigger than Heinz Field, PNC Park and Pittsburgh International Airport combined.

The overhaul cost of Pittsburgh and Allegheny Countys antiquated water and sewer systems is estimated at between $2-$3 billion.

However, Mayor Bill Peduto wants to put the brakes on it.

KDKA Investigator Andy Sheehan says the mayor has told the federal government the plan is too grey and he wants to make it green. But, hell need another year-and-a-half to do that.

Every time it rains, our antiquated sewers get over-burdened and dump raw sewage into our rivers and streams.

The city and 83 municipal sewer authorities are under federal orders to fix that. But, in an eleventh hour appeal, Mayor Peduto is telling the feds not so fast.

Meetings as late as last week at the White House, Peduto said.

In a letter to the president and the Environmental Protection Agency obtained by KDKA, the mayor and County Executive Rich Fitzgerald are asking for an additional year-and-a-half to revamp the plan, which they reject as being too grey meaning too much concrete and steel.

They prefer green solutions like a water retention trench constructed recently in Schenley Park, which traps the water. That water is slowly absorbed into the ground and would slow the rampant runoff that overloads our combined storm and sanitary sewers.

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As part of the 10-year update to the Lewis and Clark County growth policy, the discussion of key issues facing new subdivisions includes a pointed observation on wastewater.

We eventually drink what we put down the drain. Thousands of existing homes in Helena Valley and those that will be added dump their treated wastewater into the same aquifer they get drinking water from, according to the Lewis and Clark County growth policy Key Issues Report.

Between 7,000 and 17,000 new residents are anticipated to move here in the next 20 years. The working estimate for county officials is 10,000 new residents and 4,000 new housing units.

If recent surveys are any indication, the majority of these housing units will treat wastewater with individual septic systems, with the rest using some sort of a community wastewater system serving multiple homes, according to the Key Issues Report.

Comment is being sought on the report to help planners better shape regulations for managing future growth. Fundamental to their concern is the density of development the number of homes in a given area.

Density can drain aquifers. It can produce enough wastewater to taint groundwater.

Wastewater disposal is one of five key issues that are the focus of discussion as the county prepares to update its growth policy, which was last updated in 2004. From the Key Issues Report and a companion document will come regulation for county adoption.

The county recently initiated a septic system monitoring and maintenance program aimed at protecting public health. Based on an assessment form, the program defines how often septic tanks need to be pumped.

Jim Wilbur, the Lewis and Clark County Water Quality Protection District coordinator, said he sees this program as a permanent necessity for individual septic systems.

There have been policy discussions on whether to extend Helenas wastewater collection system into the Helena Valley to serve subdivisions there, he said.

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Love affair with wipes has grown recently - from kitchen to keyboard wipes They save dampening traditional cloths or removing make-up with a flannel Once used they are often tossed down loo withdisastrousconsequences Report revealed they are fastest growing cause of pollution on beaches Marine Conservation Society volunteers pick up at rate of 35 wipes per km

By John Naish for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:56 EST, 19 March 2015 | Updated: 08:01 EST, 20 March 2015

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Years into the future, if historians look back at our convenience-obsessed era and pick one single product to sum up all of its follies, they will surely choose the disposable wet wipe.

These moistened towelettes promise so much. They save us the apparent drudgery of having to dampen traditional cloths (that need washing when weve finished with them) or having to remove make-up with face wash and a flannel. For parents, they also offer an easy solution to the mess babies make of themselves.

But it now seems that our lazy ways have come at great environmental cost. Yesterday, a report by the Marine Conservation Society revealed that wet wipes have become the fastest growing cause of pollution on our beaches. Its volunteers are picking them up from our coastline at a rate of 35 filthy wipes per kilometre.

Wet wipes have grown in popularity - from kitchen and toilet wipes to moistened towelettes for keyboards

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In urban and suburban areas where people are packed closer together and where there is a lot more wastewater to treat, the community will construct a sewer system that collects wastewater and takes it to a wastewater treatment facility. Why are manhole covers round? Because it avoids accidents. Since manhole covers are round, it is impossible for a cover to fall down the manhole. If they were square or rectangular, they could. In the ideal case, a sewer system is completely gravity-powered, like a septic system. Pipes from each house or building flow to a sewer main that runs, for example, down the middle of the street. The sewer main might be 3 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 m) in diameter. Periodically, a vertical pipe will run up from the main to the surface, where it is covered by a manhole cover. Manholes allow access to the main for maintenance purposes.

The sewer mains flow into progressively larger pipes until they reach the wastewater treatment plant. In order to help gravity do its job, the wastewater treatment plant is usually located in a low-lying area, and sewer mains will often follow creekbeds and streambeds (which flow naturally downhill) to the plant.

Normally, the lay of the land will not completely cooperate, and gravity cannot do all the work. In these cases, the sewer system will include a grinder-pump or a lift station to move the wastewater up over a hill.

Once the water reaches the wastewater treatment plant, it goes through one, two or three stages of treatment (depending on the sophistication of the plant). Here's what each stage does:

Primary treatment is very simple -- it involves a screen followed by a set of pools or ponds that let the water sit so that the solids can settle out.

Primary treatment might remove half of the solids, organic materials and bacteria from the water. If the plant does no more than primary treatment, then the water is chlorinated to kill the remaining bacteria and discharged.

The wastewater then flows to settling tanks where the bacteria settle out. Secondary treatment might remove 90 percent of all solids and organic materials from the wastewater.

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Love affair with wipes has grown recently - from kitchen to keyboard wipes They save dampening traditional cloths or removing make-up with a flannel Once used they are often tossed down loo withdisastrousconsequences Report revealed they are fastest growing cause of pollution on beaches Marine Conservation Society volunteers pick up at rate of 35 wipes per km

By John Naish for the Daily Mail

Published: 19:56 EST, 19 March 2015 | Updated: 19:56 EST, 19 March 2015

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Years into the future, if historians look back at our convenience-obsessed era and pick one single product to sum up all of its follies, they will surely choose the disposable wet wipe.

These moistened towelettes promise so much. They save us the apparent drudgery of having to dampen traditional cloths (that need washing when weve finished with them) or having to remove make-up with face wash and a flannel. For parents, they also offer an easy solution to the mess babies make of themselves.

But it now seems that our lazy ways have come at great environmental cost. Yesterday, a report by the Marine Conservation Society revealed that wet wipes have become the fastest growing cause of pollution on our beaches. Its volunteers are picking them up from our coastline at a rate of 35 filthy wipes per kilometre.

Wet wipes have grown in popularity - from kitchen and toilet wipes to moistened towelettes for keyboards

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