HomeMy WebLinkAbout1973 04-17 Sewer Capacity Lack Maplewood Dilemma DISPATCH Sewer Capacity
Maplewood e0.„.„..k 07 . 1973
Development in north placement of the force- "We have Homart — can't answer right now,"
M a p 1 e w o o d may be main with a bigger for- for which we already Collier replied..
stalled or at least signifi- cemain or a gravity line have issued building per- "You can always put
cantly slowed by a lack until mid-1975. mits." he added. "We in bigger and .bigger
of capacity in the White "We're looking at the should guarantee them pumps.". he continued.
Bear interceptor sewer, possibility of splitting a d e q u a t e flow. We'll "You can break the for-
according to village en- the sewage flows from have to take a second cemain or push the sew
gineer Bobby D.Collier. Homart,"Collier said. look at other (develop- age out the back end. To
But Maplewood off i- "There's just a little ments) in the area." the best of my knowl-
dals are searching for capacity at best in the He also said much de- edge this has not ever
"interim solutions" that forcemain," he c o m- pends on future Metro occurred before in the
will allow Homart Inc. m e n t e d. "So we can Sewer Board action. sewer district. So the ]e-
to open its $30 million re- p r o b a b 1 y send some "One tact you could galities have not been
gional shopping center sewage there." take," he advised the challenged in court."
next year. There's also an inter- M a p 1 e w o o d Village Collier said village of-
The sprawling facility ceptor sewer on White C o u n c i 1, "is to say, ficials have consulted
is under construction at Bear Avenue and a lift '0 k a y, we'll just go with Sewer Board repre-
the northwest corner of station at nearby Hazel- ahead and develop and• sentatives over the fast-
White Bear and Beam wood Avenue that could give it (sewage) to the approaching dilemma.
Avenues. take some, he pointed forcemain.' " "They're working on
The interceptor sewer, out. That, he said, is pass- . interim solutions, too,"
expected to serve Horn- But what about other ing the "problem" on: to he said of the Sewer
art, is at or very near proposed commercial the Sewer Board, entire- Board, "even the possi-
c a p a c i t y, Collier ex- developments in north ly. bility of adding chemi-
plained. Maplewood? Where will "You can let them cals to the sewage to
And he said the Metro their sewage go? take care of it." Collier make it more slippery so
Sewer Board, although "In a way, it's first- added. "If they can't it s 1 i d e s better and
studying the problem, come, first-serve," Col- handle it, they probably thereby increases ca-
d o e s n't plan any re- tier notedwill be subject to a law- pacity."
suit." :The village has called
But Village Council- for replacement of the
man Don Olmstead won- 11-year-old forcemain
dered if 'the village can with a gravity line.
physically place addi- As for timing of con
tional sewage into lines struction, the v ill a g e
already at capacity. takes the position: the
That's a question I sooner,the better.