Albers & Albers Helping 4 Ohio Villages with Sewer System Installation

The Village of Otway in Scioto County is in the process of planning a wastewater collection and treatment project. Otway is currently an unsewered community. The project will seek to service approximately 60 parcels. Otway’s project is currently funded through the Ohio Water Development Authority’s Unsewered Community Assistant Grant and Ohio EPA’s Water Pollution Control Loan Fund. Albers & Albers will be assisting the Village with the legal aspects of the project, including easement preparation and acquisition, financing and drafting the regulations. The project is tentatively scheduled to go out for bids and begin construction in 2016.

The Village of Rome in Adams County is an unsewered community planning a wastewater collection and treatment system for approximately 50 parcels. This project is funded, in large part, through a reimbursement project with the United States Army Corps of Engineers. The firm is assisting the Village with legal aspects of the project, including easement preparation and acquisition, financing and drafting the regulations. The project is tentatively scheduled to go out for bids and begin construction in 2016.

The Village of Fairview in Guernsey County is an unsewered community planning a wastewater collection and treatment project. The firm is assisting the Village with legal aspects of the project, including easement preparation and acquisition, financing and drafting the regulations. The project is tentatively scheduled to go out for bids in 2016.

The Village of Batesville in Noble County is an unsewered community planning a wastewater collection and treatment project. The firm is assisting the Village with legal aspects of the project, including easement preparation and acquisition, financing and drafting the regulations. The project is in the planning stages.

All of the above projects will be constructed using a Septic Tank Effluent Pumping (“STEP”) system. With a STEP system, each parcel has an individual septic tank where sewage is pretreated. The filtered liquid is then pumped through service lines and the raw sewage is kept in the tank. Tanks typically require pumping every 10 to 12 years. The filtered liquid is taken to a small treatment center where it is further treated. Because such treatment centers only treat liquid, they operate at a smaller size and lower cost than traditional treatment plants.