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WATER WORKS TO FILE APPEAL.(News)
The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) September 13, 2007 | Saladin, Luke E.
Byline: Luke E. Saladin, Post staff reporter Cincinnati Water Works officials are once again challenging the location of a planned wastewater discharge point for a $75 million treatment plant in Alexandria, Ky., that is scheduled to go online in the next few weeks.
Dan Schlueter, an attorney for the water works, said that today or Friday the agency will file an appeal challenging the permit for the discharge point located along Brush Creek, a tributary of Twelve Mile Creek, in Campbell County, about 5 miles upstream from where that stream empties into the Ohio River “It is our opinion that the discharge is a threat to the safety of the region’s drinking water,” Schlueter said. “It is still our desire to work with the Sanitation District to come to an agreement that is suitable for everyone, but until then we want to pursue all avenues that are available to us.” The wastewater discharge point for that plant is perceived as dangerous by Cincinnati Water Works officials because it will discharge effluent into Brush Creek 11 miles upstream from their system’s water intakes on the Ohio River in California, Ky. web site cincinnati water works
Water works officials say the discharge point would put pollutants into the river that could be sucked into the city’s water system.
The district has countered that the distance complies with federal standards and that the plant will use extra measures to kill the bacteria and parasites Cincinnati water officials are worried about. Among those treatments is ultraviolet light, which is among the most effective methods for killing bacteria and parasites. site cincinnati water works
Eger said the Sanitation District made the decision a long time ago to move forward with the project despite the water works’ opposition, saying the current treatment plant is subject to overflows that are allowing pollutants to enter the region’s water systems.
Eger said the latest challenge would not delay the new plant from starting operations.
“We are comfortable that we have exceeded all regulatory requirements,” Eger said. “This plant is going to improve the public protection of our waterways and remedy the degradation of our environment.” History appears to favor the district on the issue.
The water works filed a similar challenge earlier this year to the district’s application to Kentucky regulators for an amended facilities plan to include the discharge point.
Only a few days following a formal hearing on the issue in Frankfort, a hearing officer rejected Cincinnati’s claims, leaving the matter before Teresa Hill, Secretary of the Kentucky Environmental and Public Protection Cabinet, to make a final ruling.
Officials are still waiting for that decision.
Last year, Cincinnati water officials also asked the Kentucky Division of Water to deny issuing the permit for the discharge point, but that, too, was turned down.
The new challenge will also go before a hearing officer and Hill, who will make the final decision whether to grant the water works’ request.
If Hill denies both pending requests, as Sanitation District officials believe she will, water works’ officials would still be able to appeal the issue to Franklin Circuit Court. If unsuccessful there, they could resort to the normal appeals process.
The $75 million Eastern Regional Treatment Plant is permitted to begin discharging wastewater on Monday, but Eger said it would likely be a few weeks before that happens as the plant is gradually brought online over the next few weeks to ensure it is operating properly.
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Increased capacity * The plant will treat up to a million gallons of waste water a day, compared to the maximum 720,000 gallons the current treatment plant can handle per day.
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