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Muscoda board orders engineering review after persistent high wastewater BOD tied to Fairfield Specialty Eggs
Summary
Superintendent Wardell told the Muscoda Village Board July samples still show very high biochemical oxygen demand (BOD). Fairfield Specialty Eggs rerouted high-strength waste to a holding tank and trucks it to Richland Center; the board ordered plant-discharge plans and a site tour and said it will meet with engineers and FSE if elevated results continue.
Superintendent Wardell reported to the Muscoda Village Board on Aug. 6 that wastewater samples taken in July continue to show “extremely high” biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), raising concerns about treatment capacity and permit compliance.
Wardell said Fairfield Specialty Eggs (FSE) rerouted its high-strength waste at the end of June to a separate pipe that discharges into a holding tank; that waste is trucked to Richland Center. Wardell told the board more samples have been taken but results had not yet been received. The board instructed Wardell to obtain plans of FSE’s discharge system showing pipe drains and to tour the facility with FSE’s design engineer. If the next results remain high, the board said it will schedule a meeting with Delta 3 Engineers and FSE to determine next steps.
The board did not take formal enforcement action at the meeting. Wardell’s request for discharge plans and an on-site tour is an initial step to document the source and routing of high-strength waste and to inform any engineering or compliance response from the village. The record on whether BOD exceedances violate a particular permit or require immediate enforcement was not stated; sample results were pending at the time of the meeting.
Next steps recorded in the meeting minutes include: obtaining FSE discharge plans, an on-site tour with FSE’s design engineer, and a contingency meeting with Delta 3 Engineers and FSE if subsequent sample results remain high. The board’s direction leaves formal enforcement or permit action dependent on future lab results and the engineers’ assessment.
