Commission confirms emergency purchase of influent meter as wastewater plant works to meet state order

The Grosse Hill Township Public Services Commission confirmed an emergency purchase of an influent flow meter for the townshipwastewater treatment plant at its meeting, citing compliance needs tied to the plantAdministrative Consent Order and recent meter and pump failures.

The purchase was authorized under the townshipemergency-purchase policy and will be handled as a change order to work under the contractor Sorensen Gross, staff said. The commission voted by voice to confirm the action.

Why it matters: State regulator EGLE requires the plant to have reliable flow data for sampling and chlorine dosing, and the township must demonstrate the new final clarifier meets design performance as part of the ACO. Without an operating influent meter, staff said, the plant cannot complete performance certification or provide consistently accurate compliance data.

Ryan, wastewater treatment plant manager, told the commission the planthad been operating without a functioning inline mag influent meter for about a year. "We had a mag meter on our influent, and it went bad about a year ago," he…