7/20/2010 SEWER COMMISSION Minutes

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�►•.,, - - i l communityCase Studies Hundreds of communities throughout North America are successfully collecting and treating their wastewater- with Crenco's Effluent Sewer- Systems. For more detailed case studies, as well as a reference list of communities and contact names, go to www.orenco.com and click on "Community Collection Systems." Diamond, Lake., Elkton, Washington, Oregon, In 1986-87, an Orenco In 1989, an Orenco Effluent Effluent Sewer system stir- Sewer system was installed ing 500 homes was installed to serve more than 100 ' in this Washington lakeside homes and businesses in g j A&V a; community. Half the proper- Elkton, Oregon, at an average = ties are seasonally occupied, cost of less than$7,000 per with sudden start-ups and home for both collection and prolonged shut-downs. And' treatment.`Ton years after the winters are very cold. installation; maintenance on h<: -Even so operator Larry the`entire collection system 46 Garwood said', systems averaged'less thanone hour are simple, dependable, and per month,and not a single z 60 j easy to maintain." residential septic tank needed pumping: ��I New Minden, AIR Illinois Steamboat, The small farming community Oregon \\ of New Minden, Illinois (pop. In 1999, an Orenco Effluent _ - 228) is attracting nation- Sewer, followed by an inno- wide attention for its Orenco vative textile filter treatment Effluent Sewer and recirculat- system, was installed in ing gravel filter. Built for little Steamboat, Oregon, to pumped more than seven more than$1 million—half replace a leaking gravity miles to a nearby community the cost of the gravity sewer system along a wild and for treatment, and no lift "Progressive AE has been bid—the system produces scenic river. Annual operating stations are required along designing and observing the installation of STEP systems such clean effluent (BOD and costs have been reduced by the way. for small Michigan communities TSS below 3.0 mg/L)that a factor of 12! SW Barry County, for over 15 years.And we've it discharges to a stream. Miehigian used the Orenco Systems Glenwood, Cost per dwelling? Less than STEP unit exclusively for more Alabama To preserve water quality, this than 10 years." $8,000 for collection and treatment. This 130-home commu- Michigan lake county has nity in southeast Alabama had an effluent sewer sys- William J. Parker.P.E. installed an Orenco Effluent tem since 1993. The system Progressive AE Sewer system in 1995. at an includes more than 1200 average cost of S5.000 per Orenco units. Orenco's unity home. Because each home have worked so dependably has its own1/2-horsepower that hundreds more have pump. the effiueni can be since been ordered.