Denver, NC's water/sewer issues coming to an end?

Heavy equipment is used to dig holes for dynamite to blast through rock at the construction site of the Killian Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility south of Denver. Construction is scheduled to be complete at the end of next summer. Seth Mabry / LTN Photo

Construction of the Killian Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility is right on target, according to Lincoln County Public Works Director Burns Whitaker.

The current wastewater treatment plant on South Little Egypt Road can hold 750,000 gallons per day. The problem is the plant's capacity is fully allocated, meaning that no more permits can be used.

Wharton-Smith, of Charlotte, is building the new $18.6 million plant, off Old Plank Road in the Denver-area. The new plant will handle 1.68 million gallons per day with a possible expansion to 3.4 million gallons per day.

The current plant will still be used after the new plant is built, giving the county a total of about 2.5 million gallons per day in capacity. "People can build, but they can't get the sewer," Whitaker said of the current wastewater facility.

"There is capacity there, but it's pretty much given away on paper. If a builder comes in, they are saying you can have the sewer next year. If the economy had not slowed down, we'd be holding up a lot of people."

Construction on the new plant started in June and is expected to wrap up next July.

Construction workers are working steadily to install two miles of sewer transmission main, two lift stations and the wastewater treatment system, which will be about the size of a football field.

Last week, construction workers were removing rocks from a large hole that will eventually house the wastewater treatment system. Rocks were to be crushed, blown up with dynamite, and hauled off site. Some of the crushed rocks were used to build a short temporary driveway into the site until permanent roads are built.

Technology will play a large role in the operation of the new plant.

"The old treatment plant was built in the early '90s, so the whole technology is new and much more automated," Whitaker said.

"The biggest difference you will see is the fact that we not be using chlorine. We will be using ultraviolet disinfection to treat the sewer and the wastewater system. This (plant) will be less costly to operate and less manpower intensive."

Burns Whitaker, director of public works for Lincoln County, looks over a detail of the Killian Creek Wastewater Treatment Facility being built on Old Plank Road. Seth Mabry / LTN Photo

Source: LincolnTimesNews.com

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Looks like builders can back up their sewer tap promises now....
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