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Service Authority reports violations, treatment issues and plans to consolidate small plants; sludge press could cut haul costs
Summary
County staff and the Service Authority reported treatment failures at Perkins and Oakland Park, continued reliance on costly pump-and-haul operations, and plans to add a sludge press at Hopyard and to decommission smaller plants as ARPA-funded projects proceed.
Service Authority operations staff briefed the board on wastewater system performance on May 20, describing chronic treatment problems at smaller plants and steps underway to reduce reliance on high-cost pump-and-haul services.
Mark Hambone (Inbowood/operations presenter) summarized April operations across five wastewater systems. He said Dahlgren’s SCADA and control communications work is underway and influent pumps had clogged after a fine screen was out for repair. “We also drained and flushed and cleaned clarifier number 2,” he reported.
Hambone said Perkins and Oakland Park are “on life support” because unusually high fats, oils and grease (FOG) in influent is inhibiting biological treatment. He said influent oil-and-grease tests at…
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