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.

The presenter asked the commission for help with engineering criteria and design changes. He described operational consequences—periods when flow dropped to zero on winter days and the plant's inability to accommodate summer load—and warned that higher costs for septage disposal have prompted some noncompliant behavior. "There are some unscrupulous individuals that have been caught, dumping into storm sewers," the presenter said, and he reported roughly four trucks per day at the facility during peak seasons in the past.

Commission discussion acknowledged the plant's technical shortcomings in the transcript and the presenter's request for assistance, but the record does not contain a formal motion or funding decision tied to specific engineering work. The presenter asked for help in revising design criteria rather than immediate operational changes.