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Edmore council weighs sewer options for dentist, reports lead-service inventory and customer notice plan
Summary
Village Manager Mark Borden presented two options for Edmore Family Dentistry’s disposal of regulated medical waste — a roughly $25,000 private hookup to the municipal sewer or transferring the village lift station and sewer line to the dentist — and reported the village’s drinking-water inventory identified one lead service line and that the village will notify customers per EGLE guidance.
Village Manager Mark Borden told the Edmore Village Council on Nov. 11 that Edmore Family Dentistry must stop discharging regulated "human medical waste" to its septic system under health-department direction and that the office has two options to comply with the requirement.
Borden said one option is for Dr. Kinser to install a new, independent system that would discharge to an Edmore manhole via a new 2-inch pipe; the village estimated that approach at about $25,000. The alternative, Borden said, would be for the village to "gift" the lift station and the sewer line from the dentist to the manhole so the dentist would assume maintenance and the electric costs for pumps.
Borden said the village’s existing lift station now has one reliable pump and a second pump that can become "air locked," requiring daily manual clearing; the village is seeking bids to replace the pump. If the council approves a transfer of the lift station and line, responsibility for maintenance and power would move to the dentist, Borden said.
In the same report, Borden summarized recent Drinking Water Asset Management (DWAM) and Complete Distribution System Materials Inventory (CDSMI) work required under state rules. Grant-supported hydro-excavation of 98 service locations identified the material type for those services and found only one lead service line; because the contractor bid came in well under the engineering estimate, EGLE allowed a change order to inspect 113 additional locations. Borden said the village submitted its CDSMI to the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) on Oct. 10 and will send a precautionary notice to all water customers about potential lead service-line material.
Borden said the lead-service replacement at 127 S. Second Street was completed Oct. 31 by Double K Underground of Six Lakes with DPW assistance; the lead connection piece was removed, the hole covered with an approved repair clamp, and a new brass shut-off valve installed.
Council members did not take immediate action on the lift-station transfer at the Nov. 11 meeting; Borden said that, if the transfer proceeds, the council would need to take formal action to convey the asset and assign ongoing maintenance obligations.
The council will take up any formal transfer or related action at a future meeting pending bids and more detailed cost information.
