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Greene County board authorizes engineering review of 90% wastewater-plant plans as federal earmark awaits Senate action
Summary
Board members authorized Westler Engineering to review 90% construction plans for a new Greene County wastewater treatment plant after engineers raised concerns about the absence of an on-site wet well; members also heard a congressional funding update noting proposed earmarks of about $2 million and $15 million, with allocations not yet broken down.
At a Greene County Regional Sewer District Board meeting, members voted to authorize Westler Engineering to review 90% construction plans for the new wastewater treatment plant after technical concerns were raised about how the plant would handle peak flows.
Board member Speaker 1, who attended the 90% completion meeting, told colleagues he was "very concerned that there's no incoming wet well," saying the design relies on routing all flows directly to the plant through a splitter box without on-site equalization. He described…
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