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Show gpA grants approval for testing K'jste .ilr wi" slart lowinj? Into e Ashley Valley Lagoon system on a 1 basis after permission granted by VS. Environmental Protection ufltoy'accoriiiiiS to project engineer tv filling of one of five lagoons, with jpacity of around 360 acre-feet, 1 ' ! id start next week after minor fms with a pumping station about JJr.de away are corrected, said Ostler. Effluent will be diverted to the Vernal runent plant. Lines not being cei by the Vernal plant will not be it'e to go into operation just yet, said Os::f- -If there's a failure, we have to be ( to divert (the effluent) back into je existing plant." Ptai No. 2 will take from 70 to 90 vs'to fill- The effluent will be moved jas pond to pond as the others become :-hed. said Ostler, until it goes jjccjh'a chlorination station as the jalstep in the treatment process, njjj so. 3 is near completion, he said. ik;, . v - . . -. ;- THE FENCE that delayed the use of the sewer lagoons was put up this week and initial testing The contractor is ahead of a schedule to finish the lagoon system by the end of October, Ostler said. Leaks and dike failures will be checked for as the pond fills. The Ashley Valley Sewer Management Board for weeks waited tor permission to test the pond But it of lagoon II began Thursday. The fence is to keep animals out of the ponds. was delayed until completion of a fence around the edge. The EPA wouldn't allow the lagoon to be filled unless the fence was up. In turn, there was a delay in getting the fence built in order to make sure the subcontractor met EPA requirments regarding minority business enterprises. With EPA-funded projects, a certain amount of work has to be done by monority - or women-owned women-owned businesses. The system of five lagoons covers about 250 acres about five miles east of Vernal. |