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County utilities report NDEP acceptance of 0.5 MGD Aspen Creek RIB capacity; outline options to expand disposal
Summary
Lyon County interim utilities director reported the state has accepted the county's 0.5 million-gallons-per-day effluent disposal capacity at Aspen Creek and outlined short- and long-term options to increase discharge capacity, including converting ponds and adding new rapid infiltration basins (RIBs).
Interim utility director Sean Sinclair updated the Board of County Commissioners on Sept. 4 about effluent disposal capacity at the Aspen Creek rapid infiltration basins (RIBs) and next steps to support subdivision mapping and will-serve letters.
Sinclair said the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP) and county staff reviewed monitoring data through July and that the state accepted the county's June engineering finding of 0.5 MGD capacity for the Aspen Creek RIB site. "NDEP has accepted our 0.5 MGD capacity for the Aspen Creek RIBs," Sinclair said, and that the state requested a formal memo and a modification to the county's will-serve letter before…
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