Monday, December 06, 2010
New Wastewater Treatment Plant Coming To Winchester
KENTUCKY...
A central Kentucky city is preparing to break ground on a $28 million wastewater treatment plant as part of a deal with environmental regulators.
Winchester Municipal Utilities has operated under a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since November 2006. Among the many mandates, the EPA is requiring the utility to eliminate 27 recurring sanitary sewer overflows.
Utility general manager Mike Flynn said, to date, the company has addressed six of the 27, with another 13 to be eliminated when the new plant comes online.
Once complete, sewage from the southern half of the utility's wastewater service area will drain into a new pump station. The wastewater will be sanitized through an ultraviolet process and discharged into the Kentucky River.
A central Kentucky city is preparing to break ground on a $28 million wastewater treatment plant as part of a deal with environmental regulators.
Winchester Municipal Utilities has operated under a consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency since November 2006. Among the many mandates, the EPA is requiring the utility to eliminate 27 recurring sanitary sewer overflows.
Utility general manager Mike Flynn said, to date, the company has addressed six of the 27, with another 13 to be eliminated when the new plant comes online.
Once complete, sewage from the southern half of the utility's wastewater service area will drain into a new pump station. The wastewater will be sanitized through an ultraviolet process and discharged into the Kentucky River.
# posted by Homer Owens @ 11:41 PM 
