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MojaveSidecar:
Use this topic to discuss Wrightwood CSD Waste Water power items.

jwhays661:
This one is of particular interest to me. I work in the wastewater industry and I'd like to get a straight perspective on what is actually happening in this department. I'm hearing talk about the main business part of town needing a small treatment system to compensate for poor leaching rates. I'm also hearing that the Lahonton water quality control board is doing some kind of study on the effects of failing septic systems on ground water in Wrightwood. If they find that the evidence supports degrading water quality in the groundwater because of septic systems they can actually recommend to the county that we install a community wide sewer system. I have searched online for some kind of information about this study but I can't find anything. I wonder how much of what I've heard is true. I'm really curious how it would work using a community wide CSD to operate a sewage collection and treatment system for a very small part of the community. Economy of scale tells us that a very small system will be very expensive to operate. I work for a very large agency and in the area I work, we charge over $500 a year in the form of a property tax to pay for a system that's used by 10's of thousands of people. Again, I'm really interested in this aspect of the CSD vote. Water/wastewater is a highly politically charged and extremely expensive industry. With state laws about the bidding process as it pertains to public agencies, cost estimates are usually off by an order of magnitude or more. I'm not even sure how involved the CSD would really be in this. Thanks to anyone that can fill in some of my huge gaps in knowledge.

Jirka:
You mean generate power (electricity?) from our solid waste (garbage - not water/septic. And just to be clear, solid waste and wastewater are two separate issues) Interesting . . . is that even an option for us?

I was thinking if we could do our own recycling program and make a little profit from that maybe those funds could be used to offset some of the costs of Parks & Rec programs . . . but solid waste power . . . hummmmm.

Jirka:
OK. I stand corrected (by my husband ;D) solid waste *can* include wastewater.  But as I understand it, the proposed CSD would have responsibility for the solid waste that we currently take to the county transfer station (and will continue to take to the county transfer station if the CSD is approved) and only the potential to plan future sewage collection and treatment system IF the Lahonton water quality control board deems that necessary.

Bob C:

--- Quote from: Jirka on Nov 29, 16, 07:45:24 AM ---You mean generate power (electricity?) from our solid waste (garbage - not water/septic. And just to be clear, solid waste and wastewater are two separate issues) Interesting . . . is that even an option for us?

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 "Power", as in "who Runs/controls/operates it"

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