County seeks engineering amendment to study Triangle Wastewater capacity amid Jordan Lake rule uncertainty
County staff proposed a contract amendment to extend a multi-phase study of the Triangle Wastewater Treatment Plant's expansion options, hydraulic limits and regulatory modeling ahead of pending Jordan Lake nutrient rule re-adoption; commissioners warned the work could lead to multi-hundred-million-dollar infrastructure choices.
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Durham County staff asked the Board for approval to amend a contract with Fries & Nichols to proceed from phase 1 to phase 2 of a multi-stage study of the Triangle Wastewater Treatment Plant. The work will analyze plant hydraulics, population and land-use projections, treatment alternatives, probable construction costs and the implications of Jordan Lake nutrient-strategy rule changes on permitted discharge capacity into Northeast Creek and Jordan Lake.
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