Wastewater Treatment Info

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http://lagrangecountyhealth.com/index.php/programs/constructed-wetlands/

The post is an explanation of what our Waste treatment system is, and how its supposed to work.  The Lagrange County Utility District recommends the following improvements: 

Replace 9 of the 10 Main lift stations

Abandon the existing plant at the Region F plant and pump that wastewater to the Region B plant.

Replace the critical equipment at the Region B plant.

Modify the Region B plant to increase flexibility and improve operations.

The District has several options to pay for these changes. They will discuss this project at a meeting at 6:00PM on May 8, 2019 at the Prairie Heights High School. 

245 South 1150 East in Lagrange county.

Info letter from Nancy Block Assn VP

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We all received a letter from the LaGrange Country Regional Utility District. I went to the office to review the PERs, it’s a book and you can’t take it out. so I took pictures of important pages.
Adam Sams (General Manager) walked in and talked to me) I asked him some questions and he did answer them.
Are you starting the project before securing the funding? Adam stated no it would be a loan and then a grant to pay for the loan. The board has to approve this study. There is a general meeting May 8th, where they will listen to our concerns. Then a board meeting on May 17th.
How long will the sewers be shut down? They won’t be shut down. Fish/Royer lake has a problem. We are in the F section and they are connecting us with a pipeline to B station.
Will we have to pay for this in the future or will rates go up? He said he couldn’t answer that, he said he would like to make all bills the same to spread out the cost.
I asked him should you NOT give out building permits until you fix the problem? He stated no we can give out permits because we are looking to the future. Also the wet lands on Fish/Royer lake might have to be redone with new plants and rocks .
I’d advise going to the meeting and asking questions. I’m sending pictures to post on our website. Table 4 existing Region F (that’s us) Effluent permit Limits summer and winter 2018 reveals that the existing facility averages 0.013 MGD I think that is good.
In general, the condition of the existing Region F WWTP can be described as deteriorated and aged. The facility has been in service since 1995 and has gone through significant modification to be able to meet the effluent limits. These modification were made using existing tank capacity and piping that was not intended for aeration , resulting in an inefficient aeration system. Maintenance of the aeration system is a major struggle do to limited access. Some of the major issues include, limited access to secondary settling tanks and aeration tanks. Since these tanks were designed and intended to serve as septic tanks, they only have two access points.. Aggregate beds located in the sub surface, are backing up because the wetland is becoming plugged with the very aggressive root system of the plants originally included in the wetlands bed, resulting in flow through the wetland beginning to pond on the surface .
..Limited access to the aeration tanks also limits the type of aeration system that can be installed in the tank area. This results in marginal aeration of the waste water which hinders treatment. …Limited access to the fixed film media tank, as this structure was not originally intended as a fixed film media tank.

This is what I copied so as far.

Nancy Block