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ON MOTION by Commissioner Scurlock, SECONDED by <br />Commissioner Wodtke, the Board unanimously author- <br />ized staff to forward the comments to the Corps <br />of Engineers as recommended by staff in the above <br />memo dated December 9, 1985. <br />D. West County Regional Wastewater Plant Effluent Disposal <br />The Board reviewed memo from Environmental Engineering <br />Specialist, Ron Brooks: <br />TO:' THE HONORABLE BOARD OF <br />COUNTY COMMISSIONERS <br />DATE: DECEMBER 9, 1985 <br />THRU: TERRANCE G. PINTO _R SUBJECT: <br />11 UTILITY SERVICE �`���;? <br />FROM: RONALD R. BROOKS ENVIRONMENTAL <br />ENGINEERING SPECIALIST <br />BACKGROUND <br />WEST COUNTY REGIONAL <br />WASTEWATER PLANT EFFLUENT <br />DISPOSAL FEASIBILITY <br />STUDY <br />When the Department of Environmental Regulation was reviewing our construc- <br />tion permit application for the County's West Regional Wastewater Treatment <br />Plant, they had considerable concern regarding the adequacy of the plant <br />site for disposal of wastewater. Their concerns were so strong that when <br />they issued a construction permit for the plant, they required that a <br />hydrogeological re-evaluation of the percolation ponds be performed after <br />they are placed into operation. <br />Several existing wastewater systems along State Road 60 are arranging to <br />eliminate their on-site wastewater treatment plants and connect to the <br />County's West Regional Plant. When the County plant becomes operational in <br />February of 1986, the wastewater flows from these existing facilities <br />combined with the flows from the new development will rapidly reach the <br />maximum capacity of the plant's current effluent disposal system (330,000 <br />gallons per day). It is necessary therefore, to investigate expansion of <br />the newly constructed effluent disposal system to accommodate the flows <br />from the existing and new developments. <br />2kWhT.VCTC <br />It is acknowledged that there are disposal constraints within the waste- <br />water plant property and since expansion of the facility is foreseeable <br />within the next year, an overall study of wastewater disposal alternatives <br />for the West County Regional Wastewater System as well as a study of the <br />disposal capacity of the plant site is necessary. <br />CONCLUSION <br />The attached is a proposal by one of our currently contracted wastewater <br />engineering firms (Camp Dresser & McKee, Inc.) to prepare an effluent <br />7 <br />8 <br />Bou 63 PAGE 07 <br />