Sewage treatment

A controversial plan to build a new sewage treatment plant on Mahan Gap Road comes before the Hamilton County Commission's zoning committee this morning, and neighbors opposed to the idea are filling the seats in the commission room. The Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority says it needs to build the $45 million plant to increase sewer capacity and part of a much costlier effort to stop raw sewage overflows into area creeks and streams.  Representatives of the 3,500 or so people who live within three miles of the proposed plant agree it's needed but say it should not be built in their backyards.   … [Read more...] about Controversial plan to build new sewage treatment plant goes before commissioners this morning

Chester Bankston Chester Bankston Photo by Dan Henry /Times Free Press. Hundreds of people are packed into the Highway 58 Volunteer Fire Department training center for the first public information meeting on a plan to build a 10 million-gallon sewage treatment plant. District 9 commissioner Chester Bankston opened the meeting, acknowledged that most of the people in the region are against putting the plant on a site on Mahan Gap Road. Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority executive director Mark Harrison is the first speaker, explaining the need for new capacity in the north end of the county. This is a developing story. … [Read more...] about Massive crowd turns out for first public meeting on proposed North Ooltewah sewage treatment plant