Washington County planners recommend Vernon septage station despite neighborhood concerns

The Washington County Planning & Zoning Commission on Nov. 3 recommended approval of a minor development review and variance requests for a City of Vernon septage station on a roughly 6-acre site, forwarding the matter to the Vernon town council for final action on Nov. 17.

Planning staff described the project as a redevelopment of an existing wastewater treatment site with a new pretreatment/septage station sited at the southeast corner of the parcel with access from Docken Street. Staff said the station will include screening and a wash system to remove large solids before piping the effluent to the Vernon wastewater treatment plant and recommended approval to the commission.

The project’s representative, Dale Long of Municipal Engineering Services, told the commission the station’s pretreatment screens…