Bland County looking at sewer pump station instead of plant

By JEFFREY SIMMONS/Staff

The plant may be traded for a pump.

On March 7, Bland Countys Service Authority decided to look at pumping Blands sewage to Bastian instead of building a new treatment plant in Bland.

The latter idea has raised the ire of landowners whove said a new treatment plant not far from the courthouse would detract from the communitys natural beauty and raise taxes.

County Administrator Eric Workman said engineers would immediately start figuring out if its possible to send the wastewater to the existing treatment plant in Bastian and how much it would cost. That plant releases treated waste into Wolf Creek.

The county has estimated that it would cost $10 million to build the new treatment plant and install lines and $11 million to install the lines and pump station.

If the county pumps the waste, it would save money in the long-term by not having to hire two or three new employees, Workman said.

A pump station would probably be built near the fairgrounds and not on the county-owned land where the new plant was supposed to go.

Theyre not very large facilities, he said.

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Bland County looking at sewer pump station instead of plant