HomeMy WebLinkAboutgr00090_000012_pg117-010The editorial page of the Minneapolis Star, Friday Evening
Edition, contained a letter from Patrise Cochran. This letter offered
comments concerning the efforts of the North Suburban Sanitary Sewer
Districts efforts to receive permission from the Water Pollution Control
Commission to build a regional sewage plant on the Mississippi River
in Fridley.
Contrary to the opinion stated in the above mentioned letter,
the NSSSD does have an outlet for the Sanitary Sewage for its member
communities. Said outlet is into the Minneapolis sewer system.
Ultimate disposal is through Minneapolis -St. Paul Sanitary Sewer
Districts sewage treatment plant at Pigs Eye.
The NSSSD isf °seeking" permission to construct a regional
plant in the Mississippi River in Fridley because it would be a more
economical solution for an outlet. Rather than transport the sewage
through expensive trunk lines more than 20 miles to Pigs Eye, the
NSSSD would like to treat the sewage at a plant in Fridley and thus
eliminate these expensive transportation costs. Any savings thus
realized would result in reduced costs to the citizens of the District.
An estimated `x12,005,000 can be saved if the regional plant is utilized.
Sewer lines are now being constructed by the NSSSD as well
as member communities. Before construction takes place, plans and
specifications are approved by the Minnesota Health Department as
well as the '!Water Pollution Control Commission. The above mentioned
agencies do not approve plans for sewer systems which have no outlet.
The sole purpose of organizing the NSSSD was to provide an outlet
to the member communities.
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Lloyd J. Blanchard
Village Clerk