Roanoke Times
Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: SATURDAY, April 9, 1994 TAG: 9404110155
SECTION: CURRENT PAGE: NRV4 EDITION: NEW RIVER VALLEY
SOURCE: PAUL DELLINGER STAFF WRITER
DATELINE: FAIRLAWN LENGTH: Medium
Both towns had exceeded the water capacity allocated to them under their agreements with the authority, which handles their sewage flows, during the recent wet winter. That triggered a provision in the agreements where the towns had to submit a plan to cut water losses or stop issuing building permits for new construction that would increase the flow.
Pulaski had been working on the problem in recent years, and has approved new plans including the purchase of a mobile television camera that can move through sewer lines and show their condition.
The plan was presented to the authority Thursday afternoon as a start toward tracking down the water problems. Town Manager Tom Combiths said Friday that the plan should allow water losses in the system to be handled in time before the wet season starts again next year.
The authority did set one condition in accepting the plan. Any building permit for a customer whose water use would exceed 10,000 gallons a day would have to be reviewed by the authority's executive director.
Combiths said that should not be a problem. ``A 10,000-gallon flow is pretty substantial,'' he said.
Dublin Town Manager Gary Elander sent a letter to the authority outlining its plan for fixing the water line problems. The town will go back to a previous study of water problems from years ago, and work on repair needs identified in that study.
Funds will be included in the town's 1994-95 budget for the work. The authority accepted that plan as well.
The towns are looking into obtaining additional water capacity from the Pulaski County Public Service Authority as a short-term fix.
by CNB