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Three treatment plants scheduled for conversion
(by Sali McSherry - February 24, 2010)
Three treatment plants scheduled for conversion
By SALI McSHERRY
Conversion of three of Moreland Hills' four treatment plants to pump stations is scheduled to be completed by the end of the year or the beginning of 2011, village Engineer Jeffrey Filarski said Monday.
The village was one of nine Cuyahoga County entities to receive water-pollution-control projects last year, Mayor Susan C. Renda said.
The village was awarded $1.05 million, consisting of half grant and half loan, from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, which was giving some of the $280 million Ohio received in federal stimulus money for water and sewer upgrades, said Mr. Filarski, who applied for the grant. The project ranked 131 out of 1,091 submitted statewide, he said.
The money help defrays residents' costs for the abandonment of three of the four waste-water treatment plants in the village.
The project includes a conversion of Moreland Hills' Woodland Glen treatment plant on South Woodland Road (Route 87), east of SOM Center Road, Mr. Filarski said.
The plan also includes converting the Quail Hollow treatment plant off Riverwood Drive and the Jackson Valley treatment plant off Basswood Lane to pump stations. The Greentree plant would be the only remaining treatment plant in the village, Mr. Filarski said.
The village's treatment plants serve about 410 homes and its business district.
Over 1 1/2 years ago, Moreland Hills was awarded a $350,000 loan with a 1 percent interest rate over 20 years from the Ohio Public Works Commission to convert the Jackson Valley plant.
While the village and Pepper Pike did not receive state Issue 1 funding they had applied for two years ago, Pepper Pike has been converting the Easterly treatment plant, also known as the Creekside plant, located off SOM Center Road (Route 91), between Pinetree Road and Shaker Boulevard, into a pump station, city Engineer Donald Sheehy said.
Over the long term, Moreland Hills and Pepper Pike will save a significant amount of money by converting to pump stations that send waste water through lines to the regional sewer district, Mr. Filarski said. A significant point is that pump stations will reduce the environmental impact by not discharging waste into the Chagrin River, he said. It's a regional approach to the problem, he said.
Cuyahoga County kicked in about $200,000, and the Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District has approved spending $700,000 for a line that would run from its interceptor in Mayfield Heights to the Pepper Pike border, Mr. Sheehy said.
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