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Residents urge Milton council to pause wastewater design over river‑protection concerns
Summary
Invited speaker Dave Samples told Milton’s council the city’s April 1 preliminary design report (PDR) for the wastewater treatment project appears to remove vegetation and replace it with sod, raising erosion and water‑quality risks for the Blackwater River; council scheduled a May 23 workshop to review engineering and permitting.
Dave Samples, an invited speaker representing concerned residents around the Blackwater River, told the Milton City Council at its April 23 work session that the city’s April 1 preliminary design report (PDR) for a planned wastewater facility raises environmental risks and engineering questions. "Our biggest thing has always been asking the basic question, are we going to do harm?" Samples said.
Samples said the PDR’s language and drawings indicate plans to clear vegetation and install sod across parts of the newly purchased Estes property. He warned that geotechnical borings were concentrated in the level, eastern portion of the site and not on sloped areas, meaning spray‑field…
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