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2.24 -C- Will you consider storage, such as retention basins? What have other communities done?

Posted by Lori Byron on 21 Dec, 2013
Category: Category 2 - about potential recommendations

Frank Burdick’s Log Number: 61
Submitted by: Burdick log, email
Category (1,2,3): 2
Status: Closed
Estimated date to address: N/A

Q. I would assume that the City and your resources are looking into Storage Projects in SE Michigan and elsewhere. In quick look at www.dwsd.org there seems to be a predominance of Retention Basin projects ongoing in the area. A quick look will not reveal much on the highly unpopular sump pumps.

Q. Will the City and their Consultants provide data on every sanitary treatment on the high priority pollution reduction goals on the Huron River. This data should include which communities have accepted or rejected FDDs and which communities control peak flow emergencies with Sanitary Storage. 

A. This is exactly the kind of work that OHM and the “Best Practices” subcommittee of the SSWWEP CAC will be doing. OHM has provided the Best Practices subcommittee with a report of a dozen or so different communities and their approaches to a similar challenge. 

Comments

Patricia Marten on 27 Jan, 2014:

Can we allot time at next meeting to review these, with the CAC?  So we have a better idea of other options.  Thanks

Frank Pelosi on 27 Jan, 2014:

Is there any documents from the best practices sub committee that can be uploaded to base camp.  I am part of that group, but I have missed  2 meetings and I need to be updated.

thanks

Lori Byron on 27 Jan, 2014:

Thanks for the suggestion, Patricia. At the December 12 CAC meeting Robert Czachorski distributed a report that OHM Advisors prepared on approaches different communities used to deal with wet weather issues. I'm attaching it here.

Repeating Robert and Joe Conen's advice from an earlier comment; it's a good idea to review the different best practices to become familiar, however it may be premature to dig deeply into a particular solution until we see the results of the sanitary sewer system hydraulic analysis (an investigation of the condition and capacity of the system) and know what type of issues exist and where. That part of the study is scheduled to conclude in April. 

Frank Burdick on 28 Jan, 2014:

Could OHM also provide the results, (both positive and negative results and or issues) from the FDD programs that OHM managed in Westland, Michiigan and Auburn Hills, Michigan?