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Henderson County weighs six options to replace Etowah wastewater plant; advisory panel backs regional hookup
Summary
County engineers and consultants presented six options to replace the Etowah wastewater treatment plant. The advisory committee recommended regionalizing service to Hendersonville (Option 6); the board directed staff to ask the city for a commitment and to prepare a cost estimate for a smaller on-site replacement.
Hendersonville, N.C. — Henderson County commissioners on May 4 reviewed an engineering report that lays out six options to replace the aging Etowah wastewater treatment plant and directed staff to pursue further information from possible regional partners.
WithersRavenel, the contracted engineer, presented a report that included detailed scopes, capital-cost estimates and present-value operating-cost projections for six replacement approaches. The engineering team recommended Option 2 — a full replacement at the existing plant site, County Engineer Marcus Jones said. “The plant…
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