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HomeMy WebLinkAbout1996-05-08 Sewer Committee Minutes Ad Hoc Committee on Sewer Systems • AD HOC SEWER COMMITTEE MAY 8, 1996 Councilors attending: Tim Woodcock, Charles Sullivan Staff attending: Ed Barrett, Jim Ring, Brad Moore Others attending: Douglas Clendenning The meeting convened at 3:45 p.m. l. Continuation of WWTP Privatization Discussion Brad Moore presented some statistics to compare Bangor's costs with those of privatized and municipally operated plants in Maine and Massachusetts . He pointed out that Bangor is fairly competitive with the contract-operated facilities and operates at less expense than the municipally operated plants that were reviewed. A company is available to do a study on where a municipality stands compared to private sector facilites and Ed Barrett asked Brad to obtain more information about this service. • 2 . Update on Effluent Trading Brad attended a conference regarding the subject of whole watersheds and trading "credits" for water discharges. When cleaner water than required is discharged, a "trade" of credit may be made with another district (or within a municipality itself) for effluent that is below the required cleanliness so that the total the watershed receives remains within the � requirements. He said the sense he got from the conference is that this type of management will cost more money than what is currently spent, due to the monitoring that will be required to check all users of the watershed. The national permit system will be more extensive, requiring testing for the presence of more types of contaminants than previously. A draft of the ' guidelines for the new program will be available soon. 3. Response - EPA Draft ' Jim Ring provided copies to the committee of the reaction comments, stating that one message he hopes was brought across is that the Northeast is different from the rest of the country. Brad Moore will be attending a conference on waste water issues in the near future. •