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Clayton Village residents seek sewer service |
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Thursday, 04 June 2009 |
 Kelly Daniels/SDN Ryan Gray presents a plan for a new sewer district in eastern Oktibbeha County to the Board of Supervisors. Representing landowners of the Clayton Village area, Gray said that the current sewer situation has become inadequate.
By KELLY DANIELS
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Landowners in the Clayton Village area are making attempts to establish a county sewer service.
Representing eastern Oktibbeha County, Ryan Gray presented the Board of Supervisors with a proposed sewer line called the East Oktibbeha Wastewater District.
The proposed system would work by discharging waste into treatment systems operated by Mississippi State University and the City of Starkville.
One of the main project goals would be to have it completed by the end of the year, said Gray, who owns property in Clayton Village.
“Over 2,000 existing customers served by local rural water associations are not connected to an adequate sewage treatment system,” said Gray, reading from his power-point presentation.
While Board President and District 5 Supervisor John Young expressed concern about the county’s budgetary burden, pressure could mount from both the Mississippi Department of Health and the Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality, which Gray said recommended a central collection system.
The State Revolving Loan Fund, the U.S. Department of Agriculture, tiff bonds, revenue bonds and the U.S. Department of Health were listed as possible funding sources.
Under Phase 1 of the proposed project, 14,520 feet of collection lines would be installed along the Highway 182 and connect to a manhole in front of the Cadence Bank Operations Center.
Phase 2 would involve an expansion on 16th Section Road to East Oktibbeha Elementary and south across Frye Road to Artesia Road.
While there are three phases, the plan states that additional phases may be planned as necessary or as demands require.
Along with job creation and sales tax, the county could also benefit from sewer tap fees, building permits and ad valorem tax, Gray said.
Gray estimates a cost of $1.5 million for the main trunk line, $136,000 to replace capacity for MSU and $3.5 million for a comprehensive system the entire district.
With several Clayton Village landowners behind him, Gray said he would bring a petition to the next meeting on June 22 at 5:30 p.m. at the Oktibbeha County Courthouse.
Signatures on the petition could include those from the “11+” commercial users and the “555+” residential users who were estimated in the plan’s projected customer base.
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Last Updated ( Friday, 05 June 2009 )
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