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Hebron officials flag EPA concerns and treatment-plant capacity after heavy rainfall
Summary
Administrator Jung-Han Chen told council the village must create a source water protection plan after EPA-identified violations; the treatment plant (capacity 1.5 million gallons) experienced bypass during a recent 4.5 million gallon rainfall, and staff plan to seek Ohio Rural Development assistance and investigate separate stormwater permitting.
Village Administrator Jung-Han Chen briefed council on April 10 about water and wastewater system concerns identified by the EPA and discussed options for mitigation and funding.
Chen said the Water/Wastewater Committee reviewed a needed repair to an automatic backwash system (covered in a recent appropriation) and noted the village has two similar-aged backwash systems. He said EPA direction requires the village to create a source water assessment protection plan that will be overseen by a committee and that staff are exploring where an additional well could be sited.
Chen told the council that the village’s treatment plant has a stated capacity of 1.5 million gallons but a recent storm event delivered about 4.5 million gallons to the system, leading to bypass conditions. He said the village must determine whether stormwater is connected to the sanitary system, obtain a separate stormwater permit for the treatment system and consider options including Ohio Rural Development assistance and encouraging private-property owners to redirect stormwater away from the sanitary collection system.
Council discussed the need to plan for future water-plant expansion and to negotiate water quantities with Licking County for potential nearby development. No formal council action was taken; Chen said staff will continue committee work and report back.
