Plans to Upgrade Waste Water Plant

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Created on Thursday, 24 April 2014 17:17

Written by Katrina Floranza

LYNDON- The town of Lyndon had recently recieved a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture to upgrade their Waste Water Treatment plant. More upgrades still need to be done and Lyndon recieved another grant from the USDA as a second part of the upgrade.

Previously, the town of Lyndon recieved a $3.7 million grant from the USDA for their Waste Water Plant that resulted in a $5.2 million project. The grant was used to upgrade the Waste Water Treatment Plant as a whole.

Municipal Administrator, Dan Hill, says the plant upgrade is basically complete, however, the town has a few things they would like to have done. This includes the installation of a new generator, new equipment, and a bio-filter.

Lyndon asked the USDA for a second installment to finish the final stages of the upgrade, "USDA will fund some portion of the total project, with the local community funding the rest." The grant this year amounted to $150,000. The town also had $100,000 left over from the first grant.

The remaining upgrades are estimated to cost around $300,000. Since the town now has $250,000 available in grants from the USDA, $50,000 will have to come out of taxpayer's pockets.

Hill plans that the $50,000 will be collected over the year, and by 2015 he hopes the goal will be reached.

Hill also elaborates on the upgrades the town has for the plant, "We would like to install some equipment that will help us remove nitrogen from going into the Connecticut River."

According to Hill, such equipment is necessary due to the regulations for the Connecticut River and the effect nitrogen has.

"The big item is putting in a big filter, which will be an environmentally safe way to, hopefully, end all of the odor problems around town." The filter is a necessity as well, because periodically, odor comes from the plant.

Hill has high hopes for the new and upgraded plant, "This will hopefully put us in good shape well into the future for our waste water system."

With the upgrades to the plant, Hill says the sewer bill rates will increase by the 2017-2018 year. "Rates will go up some, not a huge amount, but some."