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]]> http://cleanrivers.net/?feed=rss2&p=19 http://cleanrivers.net/?p=19 Meeting about Southside Sewer http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CleanRivers/~3/4WZh6aI55Lc/ http://cleanrivers.net/?p=16#comments Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:58 +0000 admin http://cleanrivers.net/?p=16

Inent

Keep Pend d’Oreille Lake and River clean.

Important meeting

  • Lakes Commission
  • Friday, August 24
  • 2-5 p.m.
  • Panhandle Health District
  • 322 Marion, Sandpoint, IDNOTES: Please return to this site to stay informed

    • additional links

    contact info

    Clean Rivers
    219 Cedar St., Ste. A
    Sandpoint, ID 83864
    208.265.8440

    questions

    Here are some of the questions others and Clean Rivers are asking:

    1. Why has the moratorium continued since April of 2004?
    1. Why build a sewer plant when land is available?
    1. Why build a sewer plant when the regional facility could make the SSWD plant obsolete?
    1. Why build a sewer plant when the regional facility will be built and the land used for land application can be sold and rebated back to the district members?
    1. Why would the members of the district support a LID for a plant vs. land application when the last time the members were polled they were willing to pay more for land application?
    1. Why build a sewer discharge plant when the district was originally formed to prevent septic drainage from going into the lake and river from non-existent or leaking septic systems?
    1. Why build a sewer plant when the district members, citizens of the county, the Lakes Commission and the EPA said no when it was last suggested?
    1. Why build a sewer plant when there is more people living here and specifically on the water than last time it was proposed? Wouldn’t there be more opposition now with communities like Dover Bay touting the beauty of being on the water? With more growth, it would be reasonable to expect there are more people down stream using the river for drinking water, why would they want “sewer water” in the river?
    1. Is there a conflict of interest with the same engineering firm advising SSWD board as to what are the best options then designing, supervising the construction and maintenance of the possible sewer plant? The engineering firm’s payment is in the order of 20% of cost of construction for managing construction. With land application and other technologies being less expensive and/or out of the engineering firm’s expertise, the possible conflict of interest might be perceived as a problem.
    1. Why was this Citizen Advisory Committee (CAC) reconstituted to advise the SSWD board when the only option proposed by the board is building a sewer plant? How much did that meeting cost the members of SSWD?
    1. Why is the board of SSWD considering spending the members’ money to hire a PR firm to counter the public’s concern about discharging into the river? Why is the board is discussing “infiltrating Clean Rivers” to discern their plans?
    1. Who stands to benefit more from a sewer plant being built – the members of the district or future commercial developers down the 95 corridor?
    1. With the recent discharge of raw sewer into the Pend d’Oreille, do we want another plant to discharge raw sewer in the middle of the summer into the river?

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    ]]>     http://cleanrivers.net/?feed=rss2&p=16 http://cleanrivers.net/?p=16     Clean Water Act http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CleanRivers/~3/DiSTuXnBb48/ http://cleanrivers.net/?p=12#comments Sat, 07 Jul 2007 23:56:50 +0000 admin http://cleanrivers.net/?p=12 The Failure of the EPA

    The Clean Water Act was created to improve the quality of our water, but this video shows how the EPA is failing. The funding to support and assure compliance by local sewer districts continues to decrease. From storm runoff to dumping industrial toxins in our sewer systems, our rivers are in danger.

    Southside Sewer and Water District

    Successful Meeting

    The August 24 meeting of the Pend Oreille Basin Commission (AKA – Lakes Commission) was a success. The community turn out was strong. There were not enough chairs in the room, more needed to be brought in.

    The first topic on the agenda was the possible construction of a large sewer plant on the river to serve the planned regional sewer system. If this system was to be developed, it is expected to be at least ten years in the future. The public response at the meeting to this river discharge plant was strongly negative.

    The next agenda item was the Southside Sewer and Water District (SSWS) board resubmitting their plans to build the river discharge plant they were hoping to build three years ago. The Commission did not endorse the plant. The asked the SSWS board to return if they did decide to build a plant. Everyone from the audience was opposed to a discharge plant.

    Possible environmentally solution

    Clean Rivers at the end of this discussion pointed out to the SSWS board and the Pend Oreille Basin Commission that there were more options available other than river discharge. Clean Rivers introduced the room to Coherent Resources, Inc. from Cheney, WA as a possible solution to SSWS needing to expand. Due to Coherent Resources’ success remediating polluted ponds using sustainable technology, sewer districts have pursued their technology to solve their problems.

    The people at Coherent Resources agreed to doing a performance arrangement with SSWS – if their technology does not work, the district does not pay. Linda Mitchell, the vice-chair strongly encouraged the SSWS board to pursue the Coherent Resources solution.

    A meeting is being planned in late September for all parties to meet at the current district facility to evaluate and plan how to implement this new technology.

    If this solution works, it could mean no infrastructure changes, no building of a plant and maybe no need to purchase more land. Essentially this technology would enhance what the current system does.

    Media Coverage

    The pre and post media attention was significant concerning the Pend Oreille Basin Commission meeting and river discharge. There were at least seven different news stories on the possible SSWS building of a plant to dump its sewer effluence into the River

    The Daily Bee had a good review of the meeting.

    What is next?

    Please continue to track the developments concerning SSWS and the possible regional plant. We encourage you to maintain your support of environmentally sound solutions to our sewer problems with your elective representatives and the media.

    Also, please support the SSWS board in their decision to seriously investigate a sustainable solution.

    Thank you for supporting us in keeping our rivers clean.

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