וואדרידזש בויעט א נייע סוער פלענט

און א גינסטיגע אנטוויקלונג פאר חרדי'שע אינטערעסן אין ווילידזש אוו וואודריזש, איז באשטעטיגט געוווארן א פלאן צו בויען א ניי סוער פלענט פאר איבער אכט מיליאן דאלער.

By Dan Hust
WOODRIDGE — Decision day arrived in Woodridge last week.
On Tuesday, February 21, the village board agreed unanimously to bond $7,996,300 to build a new sewer plant.
It was a move forced upon the board thanks to a consent order signed with the state Department of Environmental Conservation early last year.
Years of neglect by prior village administrations and continually troublesome effluent issues with Newburgh Egg brought the Avon Lodge Road sewer plant to this point, according to village officials. (A pump station on Greenfield Road will also have to be replaced.)
The DEC saw the problems and demanded the plant be refurbished or replaced.
A refurbishment cost that was higher than the expense of building a new plant sealed the deal.
So on Tuesday, after consulting with village-hired Clough-Harbour Associates engineers, the board voted 5-0 to bite that $8 million bullet.
Village officials said they are applying for a loan from the state, which had an application deadline of March 1 – thus the need for Tuesday's decision.
They're angling for a zero percent hardship loan, or at least a two percent loan, but won't know if they'll get either for some time.
In the meantime, they're projecting a $272 annual increase per unit in the sewer capital charge. That figure could change, depending on what kind of financing is secured.
There is a potential bright spot – or more difficulties, depending upon one's viewpoint.
Representatives from Camp Skwere attended the village board meeting with their engineer, Ralph Lane, who said the camp wants to hook into the sewage system.
But its 100,000 gallons of sewage a year would make it the second-largest contributor to the village's already stressed system.
In recognition of that fact, the camp's owners said they would donate $700,000 to the village for the new plant, along with the usual hookup fees. And they would bear the cost of removing inflow/infiltration from their location on Highland and Maple avenues.
Such a deal would be sealed contractually, they explained, but the village board decided to wait on making a decision.
In the meantime, the board agreed to send a letter to Camp Morris – the village sewer system's largest user – informing them that they would not be allowed to open for the coming season if the inflow from their sewer line is not immediately
fixed to the village's satisfaction 

http://www.sc-democrat.com/news/02February/28/sewer.htm.

March 01, 2006

Sewage fixes move forward

By Heather Yakin
Times Herald-Record
hyakin@th-record.com

Woodridge - This village of 903 people needs to fix its sewers and build a new wastewater treatment plant, and that will cost almost $8 million.

For the past couple of years, Woodridge has been plagued by raw sewage spills almost every time there's been a heavy rain. The sewage - sometimes thousands of gallons - spills from the Greenfield Road pump station into Silver Lake and the Neversink River. And that's just nasty.

In July, the state Department of Environmental Conservation ordered Woodridge to fix the problem. In accordance with that consent decree, the village has hired engineering firm Clough Harbour and Associates of Albany. The firm recommended a $7.6 million project to build a new wastewater treatment plant, do major repairs to the pump station and fix broken sewer lines on Maple Avenue and Highland Avenue Extension.

"It's overwhelming," said village Trustee Joan Collins. "And it's something we don't have a choice in."

The village has qualified for a long-term, low-interest loan for up to $10 million from the Clean Water State Revolving Fund, and the board is looking for grants.

Woodridge produces an average of 790,000 gallons of wastewater per day. Clough Harbour says that to accommodate growth, the village sewers should be able to handle an average of 1.22 million gallons per day and a peak flow of 3,020 gallons per minute.

When it rains now, the sewage pours. In the past year, the village has reported eight spills to the DEC. The DEC cited Woodridge 20 times for noncompliance, for sewage spills and violating other sewage-treatment standards.

A Dec. 1 inspection by the DEC showed that the village's paperwork and training are up to date, and the DEC is promptly notified of problems. But the system can't cope with high-volume organic waste from Newburgh Egg, especially when huge amounts of rainwater run into the sewers at Oceanside Laundry and into broken sewer lines.

If all goes according to plan, contractors will break ground for the new treatment plant in May 2007. Sewer improvements would start in September 2006.

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