Leesburg Studying Plans For Sewer
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
LEESBURG - Leesburg town officials held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the projected sewer project.
Joseph P. Tierney and Julia Graham, with GRW Engineers Inc., Indianapolis, updated the town board and residents on plans for the project.
The overall project is a cooperative effort between Leesburg and Warsaw, which was outlined in the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's agreed order recently sent to Warsaw. One of the supplemental environment projects in the agreed order was that Warsaw make sewer service available by providing wastewater treatment to Leesburg. Leesburg is under a separate order with IDEM to install sewers and provide proper disposal of wastewater from the town.
Tierney explained the plan is being negotiated with the Leesburg and Warsaw ad hoc committee. Leesburg town attorney Vern Landis last month sent an official letter to Warsaw requesting sewer service.
Current plans are that Warsaw will extend its gravity sewer line along Ind. 15N from CR 350N to CR 400N. Leesburg would pick up responsibility for continuation of the 12-inch gravity line for approximately a half mile, at which point the line would change to an 8-inch force main to Leesburg.
Tierney said, "From an engineering perspective, we need to firm up some details, such as scoping out pump station sites and the route for the line. I prefer placing the line along the west side of Ind. 15N, where there's more open property."
The estimated cost of the proposed project is $1,232,000, which will be reduced somewhat by the money the county is offering. Construction is tentatively scheduled to start in October 2007 and be completed by December 2008.
GRW provided maps for review of possible sites and pipe routing along Ind. 15N. Tierney was unsure which side of the road the Warsaw portion would be on, and said Leesburg might need to negotiate a crossing at the connecting point if Warsaw is on the east side and Leesburg builds on the west side of the road.
Leesburg's portion of construction also incudes obtaining easements and installing grinder pumps for individual properties in Leesburg. The town would maintain the grinder pumps, and the property owner would be responsible for pipe from the grinder pump to the home or business.
The next steps discussed are sending a preliminary agreement on behalf of the town to Warsaw for negotiation purposes.
Tierney said, "Then we will move through the design phase, which will require working with IDEM, obtaining easements and providing information to home owners."
The next Leesburg Town Board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. April 10 in the town hall.
Representing Leesburg at the meeting were board members Rick Stookey, Jay Weaver and Ryan Robinson; Ed Riordan, street commissioner; and Vern Landis, attorney. [[In-content Ad]]
LEESBURG - Leesburg town officials held a special meeting Tuesday to discuss the projected sewer project.
Joseph P. Tierney and Julia Graham, with GRW Engineers Inc., Indianapolis, updated the town board and residents on plans for the project.
The overall project is a cooperative effort between Leesburg and Warsaw, which was outlined in the Indiana Department of Environmental Management's agreed order recently sent to Warsaw. One of the supplemental environment projects in the agreed order was that Warsaw make sewer service available by providing wastewater treatment to Leesburg. Leesburg is under a separate order with IDEM to install sewers and provide proper disposal of wastewater from the town.
Tierney explained the plan is being negotiated with the Leesburg and Warsaw ad hoc committee. Leesburg town attorney Vern Landis last month sent an official letter to Warsaw requesting sewer service.
Current plans are that Warsaw will extend its gravity sewer line along Ind. 15N from CR 350N to CR 400N. Leesburg would pick up responsibility for continuation of the 12-inch gravity line for approximately a half mile, at which point the line would change to an 8-inch force main to Leesburg.
Tierney said, "From an engineering perspective, we need to firm up some details, such as scoping out pump station sites and the route for the line. I prefer placing the line along the west side of Ind. 15N, where there's more open property."
The estimated cost of the proposed project is $1,232,000, which will be reduced somewhat by the money the county is offering. Construction is tentatively scheduled to start in October 2007 and be completed by December 2008.
GRW provided maps for review of possible sites and pipe routing along Ind. 15N. Tierney was unsure which side of the road the Warsaw portion would be on, and said Leesburg might need to negotiate a crossing at the connecting point if Warsaw is on the east side and Leesburg builds on the west side of the road.
Leesburg's portion of construction also incudes obtaining easements and installing grinder pumps for individual properties in Leesburg. The town would maintain the grinder pumps, and the property owner would be responsible for pipe from the grinder pump to the home or business.
The next steps discussed are sending a preliminary agreement on behalf of the town to Warsaw for negotiation purposes.
Tierney said, "Then we will move through the design phase, which will require working with IDEM, obtaining easements and providing information to home owners."
The next Leesburg Town Board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m. April 10 in the town hall.
Representing Leesburg at the meeting were board members Rick Stookey, Jay Weaver and Ryan Robinson; Ed Riordan, street commissioner; and Vern Landis, attorney. [[In-content Ad]]