IRVINGTON—After over a year of questions, research and planning, Irvington residents and town officials may have a better understanding about future possibilities related to town sewer following a Tuesday, February 27, public meeting.
Bowman Engineering consulting engineer Tim Wilson reviewed findings in a Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) prepared by his firm. The primary objective of the PER was to determine the optimal scope of infrastructure required to provide a public wastewater collection and treatment solution to serve the town.
Wilson said the current state of collection in the town town occurs through one of three methods: private individual septic tanks and drain fields, an offsite system used by the commercial district, or a private system used by Tides Inn.
Wilson then offered several alternatives.
The PER notes three alternatives for treatment:
• Construct a new treatment plant near the water that would dispose of treated and disinfected effluent into Carter Creek. This would cost an estimated $6,789,291.53.
• Construct a treatment plant within a parcel of land not on the water that would treat, disinfect and dispose of the wastewater within onsite subsurface disposal fields. This would would cost an estimated $10,932,706.51.
• Convey wastewater to Kilmarnock’s existing sanitary sewer system through new piping and Kilmarnock’s existing collection system. This would cost an estimated $557,531.72.
Wilson detailed three additional alternatives:
• Develop a low-pressure sewer system that….
