Hamilton County commissioners argued Wednesday about possibly consolidating sewage treatment operations with the city and the merits of a report produced by a citizen panel that reviewed alternative sites for a new treatment plant. A resolution "authorizing discussions between members of the [county commission] and members of the Chattanooga City Council concerning the consolidation of wastewater treatment within the Hamilton County region," passed during the commission's recessed meeting on a 7-2 vote despite vehement opposition from Commissioners Tim Boyd and Greg Martin. Mayor’s Site Search Committee Members > Chester Bankston> Dean Moorhouse> Brent Smith> Veronica Seaman> Earl Burton> Don Johnson* One member’s name has not been released After a presentation from Dean Moorhouse, chairman of the Mayor's Search Committee, that mirrored information the seven-member panel gave the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority on Monday, … [Read more...] about Hamilton County commission approves resolution to explore possibility of consolidating sewage treatment system with city of Chattanooga
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SC Restrains Karnataka Govt From Pumping Secondary Treated Water From Sewage Treatment Plants To Irrigation Tanks
By: Live Law News Network 2019-01-07 14:00:39.0 The Supreme Court today stayed the Karnataka High Court order which permitted the Government to pump secondary treated water from Sewage Treatment Plants(STP) to the irrigation tanks in Kolar, which is being carried out with the purported objective of recharging ground water level. The Karnataka Government was carrying out this activity under the scheme "K&C Valley Project", which envisages pumping of 400 Million Liters per day secondary treated water or reclaimed water from Koramangala, Challaghatta Valley and Belanduru Sewage Treatment Plants to fill 126 Minor Irrigation Tanks of Kolar and Chikballapura Districts. The project was challenged by R Anjaneya Reddy, a local resident, contending that the water from STPs cannot be pumped into irrigation tanks, as it was heavily contaminated with toxic metals. He produced a a report dated 27/09/2018 by the Energy and Wetlands research Group, Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian … [Read more...] about SC Restrains Karnataka Govt From Pumping Secondary Treated Water From Sewage Treatment Plants To Irrigation Tanks
Controversial plan to build new sewage treatment plant goes before commissioners this morning
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
North Ooltewah residents undivided in dissent to sewage plant proposal [photos]
Gallery: North Ooltewah residents undivided in dissent to sewage plant proposal +11 more photos North Ooltewah neighbors were a bit more polite but not any less adamant Tuesday than last week in rejecting the idea of a new sewage treatment plant. More than half the bleacher seats in the Central High School gym were filled for the second public hearing on the proposal by the Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority to build the plant on Mahan Gap Road. A third and final hearing is set for 5:30 to 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in the same location. Some two dozen speakers stood up one by one to roundly condemn the idea of putting a sewage treatment plant in an area of 3,500 homes and at least two elementary schools. And they said it's unfair for them and their neighbors to face shrinking property values, possible health hazards and sewage stink when the plant mainly would benefit others. The WWTA and its consultants say the 157-acre site is the least costly because it offers more … [Read more...] about North Ooltewah residents undivided in dissent to sewage plant proposal [photos]
Angry homeowners, WWTA each set separate meetings on proposed Ooltewah sewage plant
Hamilton County's sewer treatment authority will hold another public meeting Tuesday evening on its plan to build a new sewage treatment plant in on Mahan Gap Road. Meanwhile, furious local homeowners and community members are holding a meeting of their own Thursday night to begin planning their opposition to the proposed plant. The Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority wants to build a $45 million wastewater treatment plant to open up the northern parts of the county for development without having to use Chattanooga's Moccasin Bend plant. The money is included in a bond issue funded from a property tax increase passed last year by the Hamilton County Commission. But in early October, commissioners confronted by angry homeowners voted against advancing the WWTA $3 million to buy the property for the new plant. The proposed site — 157 acres near Long Savannah Creek — has touched off a firestorm of protest from local … [Read more...] about Angry homeowners, WWTA each set separate meetings on proposed Ooltewah sewage plant