Wednesday, September 29, 1999
Boone orders more studies on sewer plant
Cost estimates under scrutiny
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
BURLINGTON — Boone County officials want more study before they take a stance on a proposed waste-water treatment plant in Belleview.
“I don't feel comfortable just saying no to one site without being ready to say another site is better,” county Commissioner Robert Hay said.
Commissioner Cathy Flaig said Boone Fiscal Court would be in good position to fight the site if the study deems it unsuitable.
“I honestly believe that when this study is done, Belleview will be completely eliminated as a site,” she said.
The fiscal court unanimously voted Tuesday to contract with PDR Engineers Inc. of Sharonville to review costs for the plant, and possible alternatives near the Boone/Gallatin counties line.
PDR will help the county review and evaluate estimates prepared by Sanitation District No.1, which projected a plant near the Boone/Gallatin border would cost about $20 million more — or $120 million.
“This study is to pick up where the environmental study leaves off,” Judge-executive Gary Moore said.
The county will spend $8,820 on the economic review.
Fiscal court members have approved a $20,000 environmental study by the Environmental Resource Management Center at Northern Kentucky University.
The study will examine the impact of a waste-water treatment plant on the Stites farm in Belleview. Researchers will look at the potential for contaminating the regional ground-water aquifer, especially during flooding or spills, and other effects of the plant.
“Last Tuesday they canvassed the Stites farm,” Deputy County Administrator John Stanton said. “They gathered data on wells, water quality, etc.”
A draft of the environmental and economic reports should be complete by Nov. 2.
Mr. Moore said the amount of county money spent evaluating the sewage plant site and alternatives should show residents the fiscal court's commitment to them.
“I think the things we're doing say we're working on your behalf,” he said.
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