Friday, January 28, 2000
UV light to be used at plant
BY KRISTINA GOETZ
The Cincinnati Enquirer
FORT WRIGHT — Board members of Sanitation District No. 1 made three major decisions Thursday regarding the proposed wastewater treatment plant in Belleview Bottoms.
• The three-step process of treating the waste will use ultraviolet light and not any form of chlorine.
• The district will use pump stations and force mains rather than tunneling.
• The board went on record to say that the lines used to convey the waste should not be used as an argument before the planning commission to develop any of the western part of Boone County.
Many residents opposed to the treatment plant in Belleview have complained about each of these issues. Some have argued that using chlorine to treat the waste, as is done at the Dry Creek plant, could potentially produce a gas that would be dangerous to surrounding neighbors and Kelly Elementary School.
Sanitation district officials have maintained all along they would not use chlorine.
Jeff Eger, general manager of the sanitation district, said he hopes this will ease residents' minds. “Ultraviolet light is a major step forward,” he said. “They should feel very comfortable now.”
Sanitation district officials say this process is not only the best environmentally but will be the least expensive. Estimated construction costs using this method are $64.3 million. Operating and maintenance costs will be about $4.3 million per year.
The board also rejected the idea of using tunneling as a means of conveying the wastewater to the plant because of cost, and instead unanimously voted to use a pump stations and force mains. Many residents complained about how much tunneling would disrupt the land.
Tunneling would have allowed the system to use gravity instead of mechanical power to move sewage. With tunneling there would also have been no maintenance.
“If we have a tunnel we're stuck for the next 100 years,” said Jim Daugherty, Boone County's representative on the board. “We don't know what the technology will look like 75 years down the pike.”
Using pump stations and force mains will allow flexibility.
Lawson Walker, one of Kenton County's representatives, said he recognizes residents' concerns when it comes to development. “This line is not to be used as a reason to spur development,” he said. “It's a transmission line and nothing else.”
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