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Chesapeake Beach investigates intermittent high effluent readings as council approves $214,107 PLC upgrade
Summary
Town wastewater staff reported intermittent high readings in the plant effluent and performed an emergency super‑chlorination while council approved a $214,107 contract to replace aging PLC controls to restore remote monitoring.
Chesapeake Beach wastewater staff told the Town Council on Sept. 18 that they have seen intermittent spikes in effluent readings and are conducting emergency measures while investigators work to identify the source.
The town's wastewater operator, Josh, told the council the plant completed a scheduled cleaning of filter No. 1 that produced performance gains — "the filter seems to be operating much better than it was before" — but that staff have seen unexplained, short-lived high readings in effluent tests after disinfection. Josh said the plant has run parallel samples and temporarily redirected flow to a shellfish tank and performed a full super‑chlorination of the effluent tank and piping "to try and eliminate whatever source that is." He said outside process‑control contractors are…
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