City faces
Sewer plant
hurdles
By Laura D’Alessandro
Staff Writer
SALISBURY — The city
has hit some obstacles in the
state-of-the-art upgrade to the
wastewater treatment plant,
Mayor Barrie Parsons Tilghman
announced Monday. As a
result, a new consultant has
been hired to determine the
cause of the problem and
how to proceed.
“I am optimistic that once
the consultant is brought in,
his experience and expertise
is going to greatly help us,”
said Council President
Louise Smith.
The plant project upgrade
has cost $80 million to date.
Tilghman said about 40 percent
of the cost has been
funded by the Maryland
Department of the Environment
and the federal
Environmental Protection
Agency after the city worked
with the two agencies for
years to develop an acceptable
plan and successfully
tested a pilot version of the
design in the mid-1990s.
There have been hiccups
throughout the years during
the construction phase of the
upgrade — nearly 1 million
gallons of sewage have been
spilled since 2005.
Tilghman said Monday
that certain filters within the
upgraded system that drive
the biological nutrient
removal process have slowed
in efficiency and have
delayed the testing of anoth-
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It sounds like the rest of that article includes Barrie's attempt to smear Debbie Campbell. Barrie needs to be hung out to dry along with Bubba Comegys, in the upcoming election.
ReplyDeleteWOW 80 million dollar [HICCUPS]!
ReplyDeleteHiccups?
ReplyDeleteA million gallons is more like serious vomiting.
What a puff piece. Note the in-depth and highly informative interview with Louise.
The article's absence in the online edition is undoubtedly in response to a Barrie request/threat.
But we do have a very effective WWtreatment facility, and Comeegees is responsible.
ReplyDeleteThat 6 feet drainage pipe into the river from Waverly works (will) just fine. It's called gravity . Anything smaller than a man will wash into the river.
No professional journalist uses the term "hiccup" to describe problems of the magnitude evidenced here. Her bias is showing.
ReplyDeleteLouise ought to know about the WWTP because she's full of sh**
ReplyDeleteSaying the filter is slowing in efficiency implies that it was working in an efficient manner prior to this. She lies.
ReplyDeleteI beg to differ but the spills all in total are more than a 1,000,000 gallons. Some went unreported also. The bales of straw on Fritzwater where children play?
ReplyDeleteD'allesandro is a hack who does whatever her mean 'ol bosses tell her to do. She's as worthless as the rag she writes for.
ReplyDeletejust visited this article on delmarvanow.com (should be delmarvayesterdayoraweekago.com)....none the less, where is the rest of the story? why are there no comments?
ReplyDelete9:50, you sure hit THAT nail on the head.
ReplyDeleteNo comments allowed today, one stinger got by them yesterday, though. The DT is as doomed as the Mayor and her side kick Comegys.
ReplyDeleteHere's a new thought to ponder...is it worth impeaching Louise since she's not up for reelection any time soon? I'll gladly sign a petition.
2:07, It's surely worth a try anyway. We might as well do a thorough job of cleaning house while we the people are it.
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