WEST OCEAN CITY — There is no clear answer for the growing problem of a failing county-owned wastewater disposal system gurgling treated effluent onto the property of a West Ocean City family and into the surrounding marshes, but Worcester officials this week agreed to explore the options.
When the VanVonno family bought a secluded island adjacent to the Mystic Harbor community in West Ocean City in August 2005 and built their home, it was aware the county owned and maintained an easement including 18 injection wells on the property. The injection wells take in treated wastewater from the nearby Mystic Harbor treatment plant, and as the name implies, literally injects the effluent into the soil.
When working properly, the wells inject wastewater treated to near drinking water quality into the soil gradually based on the amount of effluent the ground can take. However, the county’s 18 injection wells on the VanVonno property are frequently clogged and fail to work properly, often backing up with ponds on the property, flooding of the driveway and even into the sensitive marsh areas.
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It's those damn chicken farmers! CBF (Chesapeake Bay Fraud)
ReplyDeleteIf a private landowner did that, its fines, confiscation of property, expensive "mandated" repairs, etc.
ReplyDeleteThe government does it and, well, uh, nothing happens.
Equality under the law.
Its so yesterday.....