Resident asks whether Jefferson Woods can tie into State Route 104 sewer project; staff outlines technical limits

During public comment, a resident from the Jefferson Woods neighborhood asked whether their subdivision could be connected to the State Route 104 sewer project.

“I live along there and I was just wondering there's a plan eventually to let other subdivisions … right by my house,” the resident said, asking whether their neighborhood could tie into the project.

County staff explained that the SR 104 project relies on force mains and three pump (lift) stations rather than a continuous gravity sewer, so individual neighborhoods generally would need a project that connects to one of those lift stations to tie in. Staff said the three lift stations are located near Stone Road/Mobile Home Park, at Union Heights, and near the intersection of 104 and 207.

Staff also raised operational considerations: whether the treatment plant (the ODRC plant) will accept the additional solids, how much makeup water and daily flow would be introduced, and whether the current line capacity was built primarily for homes and businesses rather than heavy industrial or large-volume inputs. “There's a lot of tax dollars going by…we've written some grants to get that money to do it,” staff said, adding that the project started in 2015 and that expansion to other neighborhoods depends on securing additional funds.

The resident and staff discussed practical options — tying multiple homes into a single line that would then connect to a lift station, or building a local pump station to move flows to one of the county’s lift stations — and staff directed the resident to plans available at county offices and online for more detail.

No formal action to add neighborhoods to the SR 104 project was taken; staff described it as a longer-term expansion possibility contingent on funding and technical feasibility.