Presenter warns Lake George system was under‑sized by original engineering, seeks help on design criteria

A presenter who identified an engineer of record said historical design assumptions left the local wastewater treatment plant undersized for summer demand. The presenter said the original design used a plain annual average and did not apply weighted seasonal averages, producing a planning figure of about 14,000 gallons per day while summer peaks in earlier records showed "60 to 80,000 gallons a day," according to the presenter. He said the design approach dated to 2014 under an earlier consent order and that the mismatch has left the plant short of summer capacity.