Judge E. Michael O’Brien swore in commissioner Mark Rea for another term during last week’s Taylors Fire and Sewer District regularly scheduled meeting.

Taylors Fire and Sewer District awaits response

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Kenneth Collins Maple

Looking to correct an ongoing problem with sewage inflow and infiltration, Taylors Fire and Sewer District has submitted a plan to Renewable Water Resources (ReWa). Last Tuesday, Taylors commissioners said they still had not received a response to their proposal. ReWa officials say they are reviewing it now.

Taylors Fire and Sewer is one of ReWa’s subdistricts. Following a Nov. 17 meeting to discuss manhole overflows near the Enoree River, ReWa asked for a proposal from Taylors. That proposal was submitted on Dec. 3.

“As of today, which is Jan. 12, we have not received a response from ReWa about the plan,” director of sewer services Samantha Bartow said during a Taylors Fire and Sewer regular scheduled meeting.

The urgency behind the plan stems from health and environmental concerns, but progress in moving forward with housing developments in the area is also being halted.

Last Wednesday Stacey Flax, customer service/contract manager with ReWa, said they are finishing their review of the proposal and hope to have it to Taylors this week.

The plan states that its purpose is to “demonstrate recent efforts to identify problem areas within Taylors’ wastewater collection system and remove inflow and infiltration.”

Future plans to continue system improvements are also specified. Those plans include inspection, smoke testing and televising of 60 manholes by the end of January. It also speaks to the most problematic areas in Taylor’s system. Two locations, Shelly Lane and Ryan Street, are proving difficult to rehabilitate because property owners are refusing access to the property. The plan says that while Taylors is currently negotiating with owners, it is “highly probable at this point that Taylors will have to take the property owners to court to secure the necessary easements.”

Other problematic areas and additional projects are outlined in the plan which is posted on the district’s website at taylorsdistrict.org.

kmaple@greercitizen.com | 877-2076
 

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