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Countywide Inter-Municipal Water and Sewer Feasibility Study

for

Tompkins County

March 31, 2010FINAL

and John M. Andersson, P.E., Consultant

Table of Contents

STUDY OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................................1

STUDY APPROACH ..................................................................................................................................................2

EXISTING WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE.....................................................................................3

GENERAL................................................................................................................................................................3 CITY OF ITHACA...................................................................................................................................................6 VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS.......................................................................................................................7 TOWN OF CAROLINE ...........................................................................................................................................8 TOWN OF DANBY .................................................................................................................................................8 TOWN OF DRYDEN...............................................................................................................................................9 VILLAGE OF DRYDEN .......................................................................................................................................11 TOWN OF ENFIELD.............................................................................................................................................12 VILLAGE OF FREEVILLE...................................................................................................................................13 TOWN OF GROTON.............................................................................................................................................13 VILLAGE OF GROTON .......................................................................................................................................14 TOWN OF ITHACA ..............................................................................................................................................15 TOWN OF LANSING............................................................................................................................................18 VILLAGE OF LANSING.......................................................................................................................................20 TOWN OF NEWFIELD.........................................................................................................................................21 VILLAGE OF TRUMANSBURG..........................................................................................................................22 TOWN OF ULYSSES ............................................................................................................................................23 SOUTHERN CAYUGA LAKE INTERMUNICIPAL WATER COMMISSION .................................................24 ITHACA AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (IAWTF) ............................................................24

SUMMARY OF WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIMITATIONS ....................................25

WATER AND SEWER AVAILABILITY IN THE RURAL CENTERS.............................................................31

AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF EXISTING FACILITIES.....................................................................................32

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE..........................36

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREA READINESS ...........................................................................37

POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE .......39

FUTURE EDUS IN THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS.....................................................43

STUDY CONCLUSIONS .........................................................................................................................................44

GLOSSARY OF TERMS..........................................................................................................................................47

APPENDICES............................................................................................................................................................51

A1: MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE AREAS MAP

A2: MUNICIPAL SEWER SERVICE AREAS MAP

B1 - B23: MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE INTERVIEW FORMS

Countywide Inter-Municipal Water and Sewer Feasibility Study for Tompkins County 1

STUDY OVERVIEW

The communities of Tompkins County have a successful history of delivering water and sewer services to the growing demands of residential, commercial, institutional and industrial customers. Already there are many partnerships and other cooperative efforts between municipalities to provide these services efficiently in response to the changing needs of a community. Maintaining aging infrastructure and adapting facilities to comply with evolving regulatory requirements amidst uncertain economic times will continue to challenge system operators to contain costs. Further, decisions to invest additional public funds in new infrastructure to expand service areas should be guided by land use plans that have adequately considered the potential impacts of development on other local and regional services. Consistent with the principles and policies of the Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan1, an assessment of the municipal water and sewer systems from a regional perspective will prove a useful tool for communities as they develop plans for individual and inter-municipal improvements. It was recognized in a 1994 infrastructure analysis prepared by PERC and Novelli2, as part of the Tompkins County Economic Development Strategy, that “Municipal water and sewer services

are considered essential by many of the existing manufacturing businesses in the County and by

those who are engaged in the selection and marketing of potential development sites”. Water and sewer infrastructure is essential to support investments in focused, higher density residential, institutional, commercial and industrial projects. In 2006, an Affordable Housing Needs Assessment completed for the Tompkins County Planning Department by Economic & Policy Resources3 identified an existing shortfall of affordable residential units and forecasted that the need for such housing would continue to increase into the next decade. Among other strategies, fostering higher density development in the urban core, in the County’s villages, and in new growth areas is considered an effective way to meet the housing demand. Such density will inherently rely on having reasonable access to the available capacity in municipal water and sewer systems. Other contemporary studies, such as the Route 96 Corridor Management Study4 and the NYS Route 13/366 Corridor Management Plan5, present approaches for managing possible mixed-use growth along the respective transportation corridors using nodal development strategies. Again, the presence or creation of municipal water and sewer service will be critical to implementing these new approaches. The scope of this Study includes an inventory and technical examination of the municipal water and wastewater facilities in the urban, suburban and rural communities of the County; an evaluation of potential capacity in existing systems to support future growth in rural centers and possible development nodes; the identification of limitations to system expansion including physical factors and governance issues that may hinder a community’s access to water and sewer

1 Tompkins County Planning Department 2004. Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan, Planning for Our Future. 2 PERC and Novelli & Co., 1994. Tompkins County Economic Development Strategy, Infrastructure Analysis. 3 Economic & Policy Resources, Inc. 2006. Affordable Housing Needs Assessment. 4 Bergman Associated and SRF Associates, 2008. Route 96 Corridor Management Study, Technical Report #1. 5 Fisher Associates and Trowbridge & Wolf, 2008. NYS Route 13/366 Corridor Management Study.


service; the identification of Potential Development Focus Areas; an estimation of the potential number of new housing units in the focus areas that could access existing capacities in water and wastewater treatment facilities; a general assessment of infrastructure investments that may be necessary to support planned growth objectives, and; documentation of the stated infrastructure needs of communities without public water and sewer services.

STUDY APPROACH

The examination of each community’s water and sewer infrastructure relied upon the active participation of utility system operators, municipal leaders, administrators, engineers and planners. Facility tours and personal interviews were conducted by the Consultants to collect the following information:

• Current rated capacity of water and wastewater treatment systems.

• Principal treatment processes and mechanical systems.

• Scheduled or anticipated facility upgrades or new construction.

• Scheduled or anticipated water distribution or wastewater collection system upgrades or new construction.

• Historical problems and obstacles including operational difficulties, regulatory compliance, land-use restrictions, public impact or complaints.

• Current population served by the utility and the number of service connections. The information was entered into individual interview forms and reviewed again with the municipality for accuracy and consensus. Any system limitations of a physical or regulatory nature that were revealed during the interviews are noted in the forms appended to this Study. The data retrieved from the interview process was compiled into a comprehensive matrix that reflects the status of each municipal water and sewer system as of December 2009. The existing systems matrix became the benchmark for assessing a community’s ability to meet the infrastructure demands of current and future development. It was also realized that many communities are either actively studying or actually undertaking physical improvements to enhance system capacity, operation or regulatory compliance. This dynamic introduced the element of time into the analysis of community infrastructure accessibility. After consideration of existing system conditions and pending improvement projects, rural centers and nodes considered candidates for possible development were identified. Collectively termed “Potential Development Focus Areas,” the rural centers and nodes were segregated into likely periods of time during which water and sewer services could reasonably become accessible. There are many Potential Development Focus Areas requiring only customary extensions of water and/or sewer mains with some additional investment in system-wide operation and maintenance improvements that can support development needs during the next five years. The remaining Potential Development Focus Areas are expected to require significant investments in either repairs or capital improvements that could delay delivering both water and sewer service beyond five years. In these cases, the Study includes very general estimates of project costs for the expansion of municipal infrastructure that will afford the community or service area access to water and sewer systems. Specific to the water supply and wastewater treatment facilities, the evaluation quantified the variations between permitted capacity and current use. Communities with surplus capacity in


both water and sewer facilities have a more immediate opportunity to support growth within the Potential Development Focus Areas. For the purpose of comparing the affordable housing unit demand to surplus or unused facility capacity, the volume basis of measuring capacity was converted to an estimated number of equivalent single-family homes, or Equivalent Dwelling Units (EDUs). Distribution of the EDUs had to account for the municipal ownership interests and the geographical relationships of the Potential Development Focus Areas to the treatment facilities.

EXISTING WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE

GENERAL

For the purposes of this Study the term “Infrastructure” refers to water supply facilities (groundwater wells, infiltration galleries, reservoirs, and surface water intakes), water or wastewater treatment facilities, water transmission and distribution systems (pump stations, storage tanks, and pipe) and wastewater collection systems (septic tanks, pump stations, force mains, manholes and pipe). The sixteen municipalities comprising Tompkins County include: the City of Ithaca, the Towns of Caroline, Danby, Dryden, Enfield, Groton, Ithaca, Lansing, Newfield and Ulysses and the Villages of Cayuga Heights, Dryden, Freeville, Groton, Lansing and Trumansburg. There are also a number of rural Hamlets dotting the County map. Of these municipalities the City of Ithaca, Towns of Dryden, Ithaca, Lansing and Newfield and the Villages of Cayuga Heights, Dryden, Groton, Lansing and Trumansburg have to some extent both municipal water and sewer infrastructure. The Towns of Caroline, Enfield and Groton have no municipal water or sewer infrastructure. The Town of Danby has water infrastructure in the Hamlet of West Danby and the Town of Ulysses has water infrastructure along NYS Route 96 from the Town of Ithaca line to and including the Hamlet of Jacksonville. The Village of Freeville has only sewer infrastructure. In most instances, a municipality with water and sewer infrastructure does not provide service or access to all of the properties within the incorporated boundaries or benefit districts. The extent of municipal water and sewer service areas at the time of this Study is illustrated in Appendix A. There are seven municipal water supply and treatment facilities serving twelve municipalities. Six of these facilities are owned and operated by individual municipal entities including: the City of Ithaca, Town of Danby, Village of Dryden, Village of Groton, Town of Newfield and Village of Trumansburg. Of these six municipalities the City of Ithaca and Villages of Dryden and Trumansburg supply water to users outside of their municipal boundaries. The sixth water supply and treatment facility is the Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission (Bolton Point), which is owned and operated by five member-municipalities including: the Village of Cayuga Heights, Town of Dryden, Town of Ithaca, Town of Lansing and the Village of Lansing. This facility is by far the largest of the six facilities with a greater total permitted production capacity than the other five facilities combined. It is noted that the Town of Ulysses purchases water through the Town of Ithaca but is not a member of Bolton Point. Treated water is stored and then distributed to customers of each of the eleven municipalities through individual water distribution systems.


There are seven municipal wastewater treatment facilities that serve eleven municipalities. Six of these facilities are owned and operated by individual municipalities including the Village of Cayuga Heights, Village of Dryden, Village of Freeville, Village of Groton, Town of Newfield, and Village of Trumansburg. Of these six municipalities only the Villages of Cayuga Heights, Dryden and Freeville treat wastewater from users outside of their municipal boundaries. Portions of the Towns of Ithaca, Lansing and Dryden and the Village of Lansing contribute wastewater to the Village of Cayuga Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant but are not owners of that facility. Discharges to this plant are approved by the Village of Cayuga Heights on a project-by-project basis through the purchase of sewer units. The seventh wastewater treatment facility is the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWTF), which is owned and operated by three municipalities including: the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden. The IAWTF is the largest of the seven facilities with a greater total permitted treatment capacity than the other six facilities combined. The individual municipalities own and operate their own wastewater collection systems. Table 1 summarizes the numerous inter-municipal relationships that currently exist to share water supply and wastewater treatment facilities.


Table 1 – Intermunicipal Water Supply and Wastewater Treatment Summary


The following descriptions of water and sewer infrastructure in each municipality were generated from personal interviews conducted with utility system operators, municipal leaders, administrators, engineers and planners. The complete collection of municipal infrastructure interview forms can be found in Appendix B.

CITY OF ITHACA

Water

The source of supply for the City system is Six Mile Creek. The Sixty-Foot Reservoir (also known as the Potters Falls Reservoir) has a reported safe yield of at least 5.4 MGD. The existing water treatment plant at Water Street has a capacity rating of 7.0 MGD. The current process includes chemical coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, filtration and disinfection. Recent planning and detailed environmental examination of water supply options has been concluded and the selected alternative is to replace the existing plant with a membrane filtration plant capable of producing 4.0-6.0 MGD. The anticipated full scale membrane plant design will include complete coagulation, multi-stage flocculation and high rate clarification. The membrane technology will be either microfiltration or ultrafiltration. Disinfection will follow this new treatment process. Most of the water produced by the existing treatment plant is distributed by gravity from the two clearwell storage reservoirs at the facility site. The combined capacity of the clearwells is 1.43 MG. The Elm Street tank at the western limit of the City’s gravity zone is a companion tank to the clearwells and has a storage volume of 1.5 MG. Two pumps at the plant draw water directly from the clearwells and discharge into higher tank zones. The ‘Mitchell Street’ pump station fills the Cornell Street (1.0 MG) and Coddington Road (1.0 MG) tanks. The ‘East Ithaca’ pump station fills the Maple Avenue (0.615 MG) tank. The third pump station at Vinegar Hill pumps water from the gravity zone into the Oakwood Lane (0.75 MG) tank and the Cliff Park (0.15 MG) tank. In total, there is a gross storage volume of over 6.4 MG in the City system. Given the loss of demand by Town of Ithaca customers in the Inlet Valley and West Hill areas, the City has temporarily drained the Elm Street tank until average daily consumption within the balance of the gravity zone increases and causes a satisfactory turnover of water in the tank. The transmission and distribution mains in the gravity system are relatively well looped. Larger diameter mains generally run north/south along the primary City streets with smaller mains running east/west. That portion of the City distribution system north of Fall Creek in the Cornell Heights neighborhood is presently served by Cornell University. Following the completion of the City’s treatment plant upgrades and improvement in distribution system water quality, service to the neighborhood from the City system will likely be restored.

Sewer

Refer to the section titled “Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility” for a discussion of the City’s ownership interest and operational roles in the treatment plant and jointly owned interceptor sewers.


VILLAGE OF CAYUGA HEIGHTS

Water

The Village of Cayuga Heights provides water service throughout the Village via the Sheldon Road tank operated by Bolton Point. The Sheldon Road Tank is a 500,000-gallon welded steel tank that was rehabilitated in 2007. The Sheldon Road Tank service area is bound on the east by Triphammer Road (south of Upland Road) and The Parkway and Highgate Road (north of Upland Road). It extends to the north and south Village boundaries and west to Remington Road. Prior to 2006 the piping network was comprised of three distinct zones. A large diameter main running in an east-west direction along the Upland Road corridor; a network south of the Upland Road corridor comprised of medium to small diameter pipes; and a network north of the Upland Road corridor consisting of small diameter pipes. In 2007 the Village completed Phase 1 of a water system improvement project south of Upland Road. This phase included the installation of 8-inch piping on Cayuga Park Circle, 10-inch piping on Kline Road and several hydrants. In 2009 the Village completed Phase 2 of the water system improvement project north of Upland Road. This phase included the installation of 8-inch piping on Highgate Road and Highgate Place, 10-inch piping on Cayuga Heights Road, Highgate Road, Remington Road and The Parkway and several hydrants. These improvements resulted in improved fire flows throughout the Village.

Sewer

The wastewater treatment plant for the Village of Cayuga Heights is a trickling filter plant with tertiary phosphorus removal, which treats flow from the Village of Cayuga Heights, part of the Town of Ithaca, parts of the Village and Town of Lansing and the Town of Dryden. The 2.0 million gallons per day (mgd) capacity of the wastewater treatment plant at the Village of Cayuga Heights and the permitted flows allowed by the New York State Department of Environment and Conservation (NYSDEC) allow some additional wastewater to be treated without any major upgrades. The plant has recently been upgraded to improve the Phosphorus removal capability and it is currently operating within the limits set by the New York State Discharge Permit. The wastewater collection system is a gravity system and has no identified deficiencies that would preclude additional flow. Currently, between 0.10 and 0.20 MGD of sewage is diverted out of the Villages collection system and directed to the IAWTF via the Kline Road diversion. If the diverted flow is ever re-directed to the Village of Cayuga Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant (VCHWTP) the surplus capacity at the plant will be reduced.

Identified Physical Factors and Governance Issues Limiting System Expansion

• There is capacity within the existing wastewater treatment plant to accept additional flow. If additional capacity were required over and above the current permit limit of 2 mgd upgrades would be required to the final settling tanks. Due to site limitations a new tank may need to be constructed over the existing access road and a new access to the site constructed.


TOWN OF CAROLINE

Water

Landowners throughout the Town, including the rural Hamlets of Slaterville Springs and Brooktondale rely upon private water supplies and on-site sewage disposal systems. Although there have not been formal requests to pursue the creation of municipally owned and operated water and sewer systems in these hamlets, it is not beyond possibility that at least public water systems could be an important service in the future. In Slaterville Springs, recent documentation of the shallow artesian aquifer condition beneath Six Mile Creek raises concerns for those existing properties tapped into this source. As experienced with the Buffalo Road bridge reconstruction in 1993, the integrity of the confining overburden soils can be jeopardized and once breached, leaves many adjacent residents without their artesian water supply. In Brooktondale, anecdotal evidence suggests there are multiple occasions of neighbors sharing a common groundwater supply and plumbing. Often, the water source is a spring located on the adjacent hillside. Further, the separation distances between individual onsite wastewater treatment systems and adjacent water supplies are reduced by the housing density inherent of the hamlet. If the decline in quality and quantity of the existing individual sources affects enough landowners in the future, a small rural water system comparable to the West Danby Water District may be an appropriate municipal solution.

Sewer

The Town of Caroline does not have a municipal sewer system.

TOWN OF DANBY

Water

The Town of Danby currently has one water district that serves the Hamlet of West Danby. This district is served by a single drilled well at the Sylvan Lane pump station and can pump 100 gpm. Groundwater quality is good and the water is treated with liquid chlorine for disinfection. Water quality and levels have remained consistent over the last 40 years. The distribution system is a combination of 8-, 6- and 3-inch pipe and includes only three fire hydrants. The well pumps water to a 50,000 gallon welded steel tank, which is more than adequate for the domestic demand but offers limited fire flow duration. The Hamlet of Danby does not presently have municipal water service; however, Town officials have expressed interest in understanding the pros and cons of creating a small, rural water system within the hamlet utilizing a groundwater source or extending the Bolton Point supply from the Town of Ithaca. With respect to the availability of a local groundwater source, an investigation of the valley-fill aquifer in the Upper Buttermilk Creek/Danby Creek valleys by the United States Geological Survey is currently in process. The objective of the study is to improve the understanding of the geohydrology of the valley-fill deposits. The information provided will be useful when considering the aquifer as a potential municipal source of supply.


Sewer

The Town of Danby does not have a municipal sewer system.


• Water capacity to provide for additional use is limited by not having enough pumping capacity to provide for the peak day demands with the “best” well out of service. This condition, combined with the lack of storage for fire flow, will create restrictions for development outside the current district.

TOWN OF DRYDEN

Water

The majority of the Town of Dryden is served by private wells. The areas that receive municipal water are served from either the Village of Dryden or Bolton Point. Properties north of the Village of Dryden (including the Dryden High School/Middle School (Dryden HS/MS), Tompkins Cortland Community College (TC3) and properties north of Lee Road) receive water from the Village of Dryden. The western boundary of the Town of Dryden includes 6 water districts that receive water through Bolton Point. Water District No. 1 serves the Varna area and is supplied by a 500,000-gallon tank located on Sapsucker Woods Road and operated by the Town of Ithaca. The Snyder Hill Water District serves properties along Snyder Hill Road and Peregrine Way and is supplied water from a 500,000-gallon Town of Ithaca tank located on Hungerford Hill Road. A booster-pump station increases main pressure for domestic demands in this district but cannot provide fire flow. The remaining four water districts are served by two Town of Dryden tanks located on the New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) property, which have capacities of 200,000 and 400,000 gallons. The NYSEG tanks are filled through the Varna Pump Station at the east end of Water District No. 1. The Monkey Run Water District serves properties on Rte 366 north of Varna, Barr Road and Abbott Road. The Hall Road Water District serves the Vanguard property adjacent to Rte 13. The Turkey Hill Water District serves properties on Rte 366, Mount Pleasant Road, Turkey Hill Road, Observatory Circle, Forest Lane and Monkey Run Road. The Royal Road Water District serves 6 commercial properties on Royal Road. The NYSEG tanks and the distribution systems are in generally good condition and both NYSEG tanks have been inspected in the past year.

Sewer

The majority of the Town parcels are served with individual onsite wastewater treatment systems. The areas that are served by municipal sewer discharge to one of three wastewater treatment facilities: the VCHWTP, the IAWTF or the Village of Dryden plant. The Town of Dryden currently has 7 sewer districts.


Sewer District No. 1 serves Meadowlark Road, Cardinal Drive and properties on the east side of Sapsucker Woods Road and runs by gravity to the Town of Ithaca system. Flows then travel through the Town of Ithaca and Village of Cayuga Heights collection systems to the VCHWTP. Sewer District No. 2 serves the Varna area and runs by gravity to the Varna Pump Station, which lifts sewage to the joint Cornell/Dryden transmission main on NYS Route 366. Flows then travel through the Cornell and City of Ithaca collection systems to the IAWTP. Agreements currently exist between the Town and Cornell for apportioning of capacity in the joint transmission main and any upgrades to the Varna Pump Station and Force Main. This district also has a small pump station, which serves Freese Road south of Fall Creek and pumps to the gravity main on NYS Route 366. The Snyder Hill Sewer District serves properties in the Peregrine Subdivision and runs by gravity to the Town of Ithaca system. Flows then travel through the Town and City of Ithaca collection systems to the IAWTP. This system will require the installation of a flow meter at the Town of Ithaca line if the district is enlarged. The Monkey Run Sewer District serves properties on Route 366 north of Varna, Barr Road and Abbott Road. The Monkey Run Road area runs by gravity to the Sewer District No. 2 gravity system and the Varna Pump Station. The Hanshaw Road (Armory) area runs by gravity to the Lower Creek Road Pump Station then is pumped through a force main to the Monkey Run gravity system on Route 366. The Turkey Hill Sewer District serves properties on Route 366, Mount Pleasant Road, Turkey Hill Road, Observatory Circle, Forest Lane and Monkey Run Road. The district runs by gravity to the Monkey Run gravity system. The Royal Road Sewer District serves 6 commercial properties on Royal Road. The distribution system includes a force main and individual pump stations. The force main connects to the Monkey Run gravity system that flows to the Lower Creek Road pump station. The Cortland Road Sewer District serves the area of the Town north of the Village of Dryden including TC3, Dryden HS/MS and the commercial properties along North Road. Sewage flows by gravity to the Village of Dryden and is treated at the Village of Dryden Wastewater Treatment Plant (VDWTP). This district also has a small pump station, which serves part of Mott Road and pumps to the gravity near the intersection of North Road.

The Vanguard property adjacent to Route 13 is an out-of-district user. This property gravity feeds to its own pump station then sends sewage through a force main across Route 13 to the Monkey Run Sewer District. Approximately 4-6 properties along Sapsucker Woods Road are served as out-of district users by the Town of Ithaca. A force main pumps sewage to the Town of Ithaca system.


• The Town is investigating the creation of a new Cortland Road Water District to serve


the area of town north of the Village of Dryden. However, this area of the Town would need to get water from the Village of Dryden or install its own water supply. The Village of Dryden water system is unsuitable for supplying water outside the Village boundaries at this time. The Town is working with the Village to explore inter-municipal solutions to the Village water supply limitations.

• Any future extensions to the Monkey Run, Hall Road, Turkey Hill Road and Royal Road districts that rely on capacity from the NYSEG tanks may require the construction of an additional tank in order to provide additional storage for fire flow.

• Extensions of the Snyder Hill Water District would provide domestic water only. The lack of pressure in that area does not allow for the system to provide fire flow to the area.

• Expansion of the Town’s Sewer District No. 1 will require an inter-municipal agreement with the VCHWTP to access additional sewer capacity.

• Any sewer extensions that will exceed the pumping capacity of the Varna Pump Station will require upgrades to the station as well as possible upsizing of the Cornell/Dryden Transmission main. These improvements will require the approval of Cornell University and new agreements will need to be drafted.

VILLAGE OF DRYDEN

Water

In 2009 the Village hired the MRB Group of Rochester New York to prepare an Engineer’s Report to evaluate the existing water system. This report was completed in January 2010 and investigated drilling a new well(s), repairing or replacing both the Lee Road and Ferguson Road storage tanks, replacing undersized mains, and other improvements. The Village of Dryden operates 4-drilled wells at three sites within the Village. The South Street well, approved for 100-gallons per minute (gpm) but pumping at 120-gpm, provides nearly 60% of the Village’s needs, with the well at Jay Street providing the other 40%. Jay Street is permitted for up to three wells and 150-gpm, but the expected yield has never materialized and only one well is used at 80-gpm. Two wells on Lake Road provide only 1% of the water because the iron and manganese content affects the quality. Treatment for iron removal would allow greater use since the wells have pumps for 80- and 85-gpm and are permitted for over 100-gpm each. All the wells are treated with gas chlorine for disinfection and a chemical is added to help prevent iron from precipitating. All wells pump directly into the distribution system. Two water storage tanks store over three days of average daily use. The 500,000-gallon Lee Road reservoir is in marginal condition. It was built in the early 1890s as an open reservoir then, in the 1970s, a metal building was erected over it. The 300,000-gallon concrete Ferguson Road tank was originally at ground level, but is now covered with earth to protect the concrete. The Village distribution system is generally in good condition with many mains updated in recent years. The water distribution system provides water to the Village, but service also


extends outside the Village into the Town of Dryden in three areas. These areas include the TC3 campus, the Dryden MS/HS and a commercial area off Lee Road. The major user is TC3, which is on its own pressure system and is served by pumps and a 350,000-gallon storage tank owned by the college. The Dryden MS/HS are served directly by the Village system. A small area of the Town of Dryden north of Lee Road and east of NYS Route 13 is provided water through an old 1-1/2” main that is in poor condition. The Village has been maintaining this line but may discontinue this service with appropriate notice to the affected users.

Sewer

The existing 400,000-gpd wastewater treatment plant serving the Village and parts of the Town of Dryden will be upgraded in 2010 and 2011. The main driver behind the new plant is a new lower phosphorus limit. The new plant will be based on the Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) process and will produce a better quality effluent than that which is being discharged currently. It is expected that the new plant will be operational by the middle of 2011. The new plant will have a capacity of 600,000-gpd after construction. The collection system is mainly gravity. There is one pump station in the Village that serves 6 dwellings. There are no known issues within the wastewater collection system that will preclude flow to the plant up to the new plant’s capacity.


• Water capacity to provide for additional use is limited by not having enough pumping capacity to provide for the peak day demands with the “best” well out of service. A small number of new units can be accommodated by the system, but a large project or a water main extension would likely require a detailed review to determine if the capacity is sufficient.

• Extension of water mains outside the Village can only be done by the creation of a Town Water District. An additional well(s) is needed to increase the ability to provide for peak flows with one well out of service. The major difficulty lies in finding a place to drill a well that has satisfactory yield and quality. A new well will likely need to be located outside the Village. An area of the Village off Ferguson Road near the Ferguson Road tank could be developed if a pump station was constructed near the tank to create another pressure zone.

• The Elm Street sewer main is undersized and would need to be increased if flows from outside the Village were allowed to connect to it.

TOWN OF ENFIELD

Water

Landowners throughout the Town rely upon private water supplies and individual on-site wastewater treatment systems. While there has not been a documented need or public request for municipal water and sewer services there are existing patterns of development that may in the future benefit from the creation of a small rural water system or extension of neighboring municipal water system. Municipal officials interviewed recall that a feasibility study for


extending municipal water from the Town of Ithaca had been prepared in the past. Specific to Enfield Center, the separation distances between individual onsite wastewater treatment systems and adjacent water supplies are reduced by the housing density inherent of the hamlet. In a recent circumstance, the Enfield Center Baptist Church at 174 Enfield Main Road has relocated to a different building given the lack of available land for a sewage disposal system. If a decline in individual water source quality affects enough landowners in the future, a small rural water system could be considered. If a groundwater source were to be pursued it would be necessary to better understand the extent and capacity of the Enfield Creek valley aquifer. According to the USGS6 an undifferentiated sand and gravel aquifer exists north and south of the hamlet.

Sewer

The Town of Enfield does not have a municipal sewer system.

VILLAGE OF FREEVILLE

Water

The Village of Freeville has no municipal water infrastructure.

Sewer

The Village of Freeville’s 125,000-gpd wastewater treatment facility serves most of the Village of Freeville and the William George Agency for Children’s Services (WGAFCS) in the Town of Dryden which is an out-of-district user. The Village’s facility consists of two aerated lagoons, which operate in series. The effluent from the plant is chlorinated with sodium hypochlorite and then discharged to the outfall (shared with the Village of Dryden) to Fall Creek about 2 ½ miles away. There is some additional capacity in the existing plant. The Wastewater collection system contains 11 pumping stations, which transport the flow from the Village. All sewage from the WGAFCS flows by gravity to the plant.


• There are no known limitations in the system that would prevent expansion of the sewer system. However, expansion of the system outside of the Village would require the creation of a Town sewer district.

TOWN OF GROTON

Water

The Town of Groton has no municipal water infrastructure.

Sewer

The Town of Groton does not have a municipal sewer system.

6 Miller, T.S., 2000. Unconsolidated Aquifers in Tompkins County, New York.


VILLAGE OF GROTON

Water

The water service area in the Village of Groton is currently restricted to the Village but also serves approximately 15 out-of-district users located in the Town of Groton. The Village regularly uses two sources of water; the Morton Works Facility and the Conger wells. The Morton Works, a series of infiltration galleries collecting shallow ground water outside the Village along Old Stage Road, is used to the maximum extent. Reliable flow is about 100-gpm but often 140-gpm or more is available, depending on rainfall and ground water level. Water flows by gravity to a microfiltration and hypo chlorination treatment plant on Clark Street, and then to the Clark Street water tank, which provides pressure to the majority of the Village. Nitrate in the Morton Works water is approximately 5 mg/l, which is half of the maximum contamination level, so it is monitored quarterly. Nitrate is not affected by the microfiltration treatment process. Three drilled wells are located on Conger Boulevard, but only the two larger ones, fitted with 250 gpm pumps each, are currently used. Some days these pumps do not run because the Morton Works supplies all the water needed. These wells pump directly into the distribution system after being treated with gas chlorine for disinfection. A chemical is also added to help prevent iron from precipitating. A 500,000 gallon tank on Clark Street serves the majority of the Village and a 200,000 gallon storage tank on Elm Street serves a higher pressure zone for the east side of the Village. The Elm Street tank is fed from a pump station at Clark Street. Both the 500,000-gallon Clark Street tank and the Elm Street water storage tanks are in good condition. The water flows by gravity from the Morton Works to the Clark Street tank through a meter and overflows the tank when demand is less than the flow. This condition results in wasted measured water and inflated reported average and maximum day water flows. The distribution system is generally considered in good condition. Some older smaller mains could be replaced that would improve distribution.

Sewer

The existing 350,000-gpd wastewater treatment plant serving the Village of Groton is an extended aeration activated sludge plant. It is about to be upgraded to a Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR) plant with a capacity of 500,000-gpd. The expected date when the upgraded plant will be operational is spring 2011. The plant upgrade is being carried out due to a new limit on the phosphorus in the discharge permit and to increase the flow capacity in the plant. The upgraded plant will have excess flow capacity when the upgrade is complete. The existing wastewater collection system in the Village of Groton consists of gravity sewers (i.e., no wastewater pumping stations) and is around 40 years old. There were no major issues reported by the Village other than issues due to the age of the system.



• Current meter readings indicate the water supply does not have enough pumping capacity to provide for the peak day demands with the “best” well out of service. However, water capacity to provide for additional use is not as limited as the calculations indicate because of the wasted measured water noted above.

• Extension of water mains outside the Village could only be done by the creation of a Town Water District or annexation of additional land to the Village.

TOWN OF ITHACA

Water

The Town of Ithaca is a single, town-wide water district; however, not all lands in the Town presently have access to municipal water. The majority of Town customers are supplied treated water from Bolton Point. Lakeshore properties along East Shore Drive and Taughannock Boulevard, together with the Renwick Heights neighborhood and several properties on Trumansburg Road near the City boundary, are supplied treated water from the City of Ithaca. There are eleven Town owned water storage tanks with a combined volume over 4.75 million gallons. The 18-inch and 16-inch diameter transmission mains owned and operated by Bolton Point stretch from the Burdick Hill Storage Tank in the Town of Lansing to the Pearsall Place pump station on South Hill. Town owned transmission mains extend from South Hill through the Inlet Valley to West Hill which link the Town’s storage tanks and distribution systems in those areas to the Bolton Point supply. The Town of Ulysses’ water system is supplied by Bolton Point water through the Town of Ithaca’s Woolf Lane pump station. The 200,000-gallon Town of Ulysses storage tank on Van Dorns Corners Road provides domestic and fire water storage for Town of Ithaca customers in the vicinity of Trumansburg Road and Iradell Road. Ithaca College is connected to the Town’s Danby Road tank zone and pumps Bolton Point water to their independently owned and operated 500,000-gallon storage tank and campus distribution system. On East Hill, the Town’s 500,000-gallon Hungerford Hill tank zone supplies water to the Town of Dryden Snyder Hill Water District. The 200,000-gallon Pine Tree Road tank zone currently serves the Cornell University properties along Pine Tree Road including the East Hill Plaza. In the Northeast area, that portion of the Cornell Business and Technology Park in the Village of Lansing and south of NYS Route 13 is connected to the Town’s 500,000-gallon Sapsucker Woods tank zone. This tank zone is also the source of supply for the Town of Dryden Water District No. 1 (Varna area). The distribution main on Danby Road in the South Hill area is 6-inch diameter between West King Road and the Ithacare Facility and is not looped. The small diameter main limits available fire flow along this stretch of Danby Road. The Town is planning to replace the main with at least an 8-inch pipe. Also, in the South Hill area, there are low static and residual pressures in the Southwoods Subdivision on East King Road, which is served by the 150,000 gallon Troy


Road tank zone. Available fire flow within the development is limited. The Town is presently evaluating what system improvements to implement to enhance fire protection. The Pine Tree Road tank zone includes a length of 6-inch diameter pipe between Snyder Hill Road and Ellis Hollow Road that limits the available fire flow to the commercial and high-density residential properties surrounding the East Hill Plaza. The recent construction of the Bolton Point 1.0 MG East Hill Tank on Hungerford Hill affords an opportunity to create a new higher- pressure zone for these customers and should be considered for any subsequent developments. The Distribution main on East Shore drive is an old 6-inch cast iron pipe and is a dead-end main. The small diameter line and the lack of a looped system limit fire flow and the fragility of the old pipe limits the amount of pressure and hydraulic surges that the pipe can handle. Because of the limitations of the pipe, the Town is currently supplying the area from the City of Ithaca gravity system. The Town has prepared plans to replace the water main with a 12-inch pipe which will allow the main to be connected to the Remington Road water main which is supplied from the Village of Cayuga Heights distribution system which is part of the Bolton Point system. This will provide adequate pressure and fire flow. The 12-inch main has been sized to provide for future supply needs if it is extended to the Bolton Point water plant in the future.

Sewer

The Town of Ithaca is a single, town-wide sewer district; however, not all lands in the Town presently have access to municipal sewer. There are six distinct geographic service areas. The West Hill collection system serves properties on and adjacent to Trumansburg Road, Mecklenburg Road, West Haven Road and Elm Street. The sewer mains along these highway corridors connect to jointly owned interceptor pipes in the City. The three interceptors converge near the Buffalo Street Bridge at the Flood Relief Channel. A combination of gravity and low-pressure (siphon) piping convey flow over and under the Channel, respectively. Lakefront parcels along Taughannock Boulevard, from the City boundary to the Town of Ulysses’ border, are also served by a Town sewer main. The Taughannock Boulevard main connects to a jointly owned interceptor pipe and pump station in Cass Park. A force main from the pump station extends beneath the Cayuga Inlet to Pier Road. The Inlet Valley system extends from a jointly owned interceptor on Floral Avenue and serves parcels along Five Mile Drive, Elmira Road and NYS Route 327. A siphon beneath the Flood Relief Channel discharges to a pump station in the Cherry Street industrial park. There are no known capacity issues in the collection mains and siphon. Sewer mains throughout the South Hill neighborhoods converge at jointly owned interceptors in the City of Ithaca on Aurora Street, Hudson Street and Crescent Place. The Danby Road corridor serves the majority of the Ithaca College facilities, the South Hill Business Campus and the commercial uses in the vicinity of the West King Road intersection. Pipe capacities are reportedly adequate for present and future discharges. Customary replacement of aging pipe is currently being considered. The collection system along Coddington Road serves a limited number of residential customers between the City of Ithaca boundary and West Northview Road.


Therm, Inc. and the residential neighborhoods in the vicinity of Pennsylvania Avenue, Northview Road, Troy Road and East King Road (Southwoods and Deer Run developments) connect to the interceptor at Crescent Place. The East Hill system includes extensions of jointly owned interceptors on East State Street/Slaterville Road from the City of Ithaca boundary to Burns Road and on Mitchell Street from the City of Ithaca boundary to Summerhill Lane. Collection pipes serving residential and institutional uses on Pine Tree Road, Honness Lane, Snyder Hill Road and the Eastern Heights neighborhood connect to the Slaterville Road interceptor. Commercial and high-density residential properties surrounding the East Hill Plaza discharge through the Mitchell Street interceptor. The Northeast system basically includes the Town’s sewer infrastructure in the vicinity of the Warren Road and Hanshaw Road corridors north of the Cornell University Campus. Sewage from the residential and institutional properties is ultimately discharged into the Village of Cayuga Heights collection system and treated at the VCHWTP. The Lake Street system includes gravity collection mains along Lake Street and throughout the Renwick Heights neighborhood, which extend from an interceptor sewer jointly owned by the City and Town of Ithaca at the Ithaca High School. The East Shore Drive properties, including a few City parcels adjacent to Stewart Park, drain to a pump station jointly owned by the City and Town of Ithaca, which lifts sewage to the Lake Street main.


• There are occasional wet weather sewer capacity problems with the jointly owned interceptor mains that serve the West Hill and East Hill collection systems. The existing siphon under the Flood Control Channel at Buffalo Street, which serves the Town’s collection systems on Trumansburg Road and Elm Street, is flow limited when high rates of infiltration and inflow surcharge the interceptor pipes on Inlet Island. Construction of a new interceptor in the Town connecting the mains on Trumansburg Road and Taughannock Boulevard to a new pump station and force main opposite Third Street Extension is a possible long-term solution being considered.

• On East Hill, segments of jointly owned sewer interceptors within the City on East State Street and below Valentine Place can be flow limited when high rates of inflow and infiltration exceed pipe capacities. While the City and Town are aware of the conditions there are no immediate plans to replace or augment the capacity of the existing pipes.

• The sewer interceptors jointly owned by the City and Town of Ithaca have capacity and ownership stipulations that can affect access to plant capacity.

• Watermains in limited areas of South Hill and East Hill are undersized (6”) and restrict fire flows.


TOWN OF LANSING

Water

The Town of Lansing contains a contiguous distribution system, which includes 4 water storage tanks that feed more than 10 individual pressure zones. Two additional isolated extensions from adjacent neighboring municipalities (Town of Ithaca and Village of Lansing) exist along East Shore Drive. There are also two booster station systems that serve a limited number of residential connections where gravity distribution is presently not available at higher ground elevations. The Town has previously combined individual districts to form a single benefit area known as the Consolidated Water District (CWD). There have been 2 recent extensions of the CWD on Lansing Station Road and Drake Road. The 1.0 million gallon Village Circle Tank and the 350,000 gallon Bean Hill Tank combine to serve the area of South Lansing and are supplied by the Burdick Hill Pump Station which has a direct connection to the Bolton Point transmission system. The distribution piping is at least 8-inch diameter throughout that portion of the area served by these tanks. The pipe network is fairly well looped between Cherry Road, North Triphammer Road, Peruville Road and Warren Road. The 200,000-gallon Wilson Road Tank is supplied by the Village Circle/Bean Hill grid and provides service to the Lansing Central School District and surrounding residential neighborhoods in Ludlowville and Myers Park. The 250,000-gallon Emmons Road Tank is supplied by the Pine Grove Pump Station in Ludlowville and provides volume and pressure for lands between Ludlowville Road and Milliken Station Road along the Ridge Road (NYS Route 34) corridor.

Sewer

Only a small benefit district in the south end of the Town, known as the Cherry Road Sewer District, currently has sewer service. The Borg-Warner plant on Warren Road and residential subdivisions on Horizon Drive are connected with 8-inch mains to the Village of Lansing collection system on Bush Lane. The Warren Road Sewer District was recently formed to facilitate extending sewer service to institutional, commercial and multifamily properties along Cherry Road, Warren Road, Dutch Mill Road and Farrell Road. Construction will begin in 2010. The new main will connect to the existing Town system on Horizon Drive and convey sewage to the VCHWTP via the Village of Lansing collection and transmission system.

The South Lansing Sewer District

In 1996 the Town sponsored a community-based planning process to evaluate sewage disposal options in the area of the South Lansing hamlet. At the conclusion of the planning effort, a draft Wastewater Facilities Plan was presented to the Town. The final Plan, adopted in 1998, documented the need and presented alternatives for improving wastewater treatment within a planning area encompassing roughly 10 square miles between the Village of Lansing on the south and the Tompkins County Agricultural District No.1 on the north. Multiple disposal


solutions were considered, including a Town-owned wastewater treatment plant, utilizing existing regional treatment facilities, and treatment in localized sub-areas. Following completion of the Plan, interest grew among neighboring municipalities to find inter-municipal solutions to a broad array of individual wastewater problems. Over the next six years, the Town participated in numerous planning and negotiation sessions with the Towns of Dryden and Ithaca; the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing; and the City of Ithaca. Together, these municipalities conducted an environmental review of the potential impacts associated with the expansion of sewer service areas that would be made possible through sharing of existing regional wastewater facilities. Upon conclusion of the environmental review process these participating municipalities adopted the Intermunicipal Wastewater Agreement, which endorsed the collective utilization of the VCHWTP and IAWTF to provide efficient sewage treatment for the respective municipalities, including that portion of the Town located in the planning area. In 2004 the Town authorized the preparation of a map, plan and report for the establishment of the South Lansing Sewer District. The proposed improvements included over 182,000 feet of gravity and force main piping and several high head pump stations to connect customers in the Town’s service area to the VCHWTP. Following considerable public input, which focused largely on the high project cost ($29,130,000), the Town Board in August 2007 tabled the establishment of the South Lansing Sewer District. In the near future, the Town may assess the feasibility of forming a reduced service area around the South Lansing hamlet. The area could include the NYS Route 34/34B corridor from N. Triphammer Road to Myers Road, Myers Road and Ladoga Park neighborhoods. In addition to the residential uses immediately adjacent to the corridor, the larger benefitted properties would include the Town of Lansing, New York State Office of Children & Family Services (NYSOCFS) campus, the Lansing Central School District, Cargill and Woodsedge Apartments. A Town-owned wastewater treatment plant having a maximum discharge of 0.5 MGD would be constructed at a location proximate to the Cayuga Lake shoreline. The plant would include an outfall into Cayuga Lake.


• The higher ground elevations in the vicinity of the Bean Hill Tank (Grandview Drive) and Village Circle Tank (east of Warren Road) result in lower water supply pressure for adjacent customers. Municipal or individual booster pumps have been needed to augment service. The creation of a higher-pressure zone along the Town’s east boundary has been considered.

• Capacity in the Burdick Hill Pump Station will have to be increased as more connections within the Consolidated Water District are added. Utilizing the Bolton Point Burdick Hill Tank for supplying more of the Town’s pressure zones will reduce demand and electrical consumption at the Burdick Hill Pump Station. New piping must be installed in the vicinity of Drake Road and Atwater Road to facilitate this improvement.

• Since there is no sewer system in the Village of Lansing west of N. Triphammer Road and north of Oakcrest Road, further extensions of collection mains in the south end of the Town will necessitate either construction of transmission mains and interceptor sewers


through the Village to utilize the VCHWTP or the construction of a Town-owned wastewater treatment plant to serve the South Lansing area.

• Any expansion of sewer collection systems that are discharging to the VCHWTP will require an inter-municipal agreement to access sewer capacity.

VILLAGE OF LANSING

Water

The Village is served by gravity from 4 tank pressure zones and several smaller areas within these zones are served by pressure reducing valve (PRV) stations. The Village Circle Tank is a 1.0 million gallon tank owned by the Town of Lansing. This tank serves the area east of Warren Road north of NYS Route 13 with 8-, 10- and 12-inch cast or ductile iron pipe. The Sapsucker Woods Tank is a 500,000-gallon tank owned by the Town of Ithaca. This tank serves the area east of Warren Road south of NYS Route 13 with 8- and 12-inch cast or ductile iron pipe. The Airport Ground Tank is a 500,000-gallon tank owned by the Village of Lansing. This tank serves the area east of North Triphammer Road to Warren Road and the Shops at Ithaca Mall with 8- and 12-inch cast or ductile iron pipe. The Burdick Hill Tank is a 1.5 million gallon tank owned by Bolton Point. This tank serves the balance of the Village. Half of this area is fed by gravity, and half by a PRV station with 8-inch cast or ductile iron pipe. This area of the Village used to be served by the Oakcrest Tank, which was removed from service on 2/9/10. The Village will share the cost of the construction of the Burdick Hill sister tank with Bolton Point.

Sewer

The Village of Lansing provides sewer service to the majority of the Village with the exception of the northwest corner of the Village north of the Shannon Park subdivision and west of Triphammer Road. The Village sanitary sewer system south of NYS Route 13 is an extension of the mains in the Village of Cayuga Heights. There are two connections to the Village of Cayuga Heights system; the corner of Uptown Road and Burleigh Drive and the intersection of Berkshire and Highgate Roads. Sewers that were installed prior to the formation of the Village in 1974 are generally located north of Route 13 in the vicinity of N. Triphammer Road, Graham Road, Dart Drive and Warren Road. No sections of the collection system have been identified as having capacity issues.


• There are no known limitations with the existing water system. However the Village has been experiencing problems with numerous main breaks in the piping along Cayuga Heights Road, North Triphammer and Burdick Hill Roads. There are also several areas in the distribution system that would be benefited by looping of existing pipes. About half of the North Triphammer piping was replaced in 2006 when the road was reconstructed. The Village is considering the remainder of the piping in the future.

• Expansion of sewer service into the northwest portion of the Village would require extending the 15-inch transmission main a considerable distance and possibly trigger upgrades to the VCHWTP or additional flow diversions to the IAWTF.


• Any expansion of sewer collection systems that are discharging to the VCHWTP will require an inter-municipal agreement to access sewer capacity.

TOWN OF NEWFIELD

Water

The Town of Newfield currently has 3 water districts. Water District No. 1 serves the Main Street area of the Town, Water District No. 2 serves the Inlet Valley Area (on NYS Route 34 & 96) and the Frandsen Water District serves 2 lots along NYS Route 13 (just north of the intersection of South Main Street and

Route 13). Water to supply these three districts is pumped from the Newfield Aquifer via four drilled wells. Two of the four wells were installed off of Pine Circle in the 1960s and can pump 180-gpm each. A third well was drilled at the Pine Circle site in 2005 and can pump 55-gpm. The fourth well was drilled in 2005 and can pump 90-gpm. The groundwater quality is good and levels have remained consistent over the last 35 years. Water from these wells is pumped through the distribution system into a 200,000-gallon storage tank on Trumbull Corners Road. This tank supplies water directly to users in Water District No. 1and the Frandsen Water District and fills the 150,000-gallon Main Street tank. This tank operates as a transfer tank between Water District No. 1 and No. 2 and provides water to the 300,000 gallon Shelter Valley Tank. This tank directly supplies the users in Water District No. 2. The distribution system in Water District No. 1 is constructed mainly of 6-inch diameter asbestos cement pipe and is in relatively good condition. The piping in Water District No. 2 was installed in 2006 and should have a lifespan of 50-years or more.

Sewer

The wastewater treatment plant and wastewater collection system, which serves the Hamlet of Newfield, has been exceeding the permitted flow of 300,000-gpd and the Town has been in close contact with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) regarding the exceeded flows. In 2009, the Town performed work to reduce infiltration and inflow. This mitigation work, carried out by the Town, brought the system into compliance with the NYSDEC for the year 2009. It is expected that the Town will have to apply for an increase in the permit and expand the current wastewater treatment facility from four absorption fields to six. This expansion will be required to meet the current NYSDEC directives but could have the added benefit of providing additional capacity for future development subject to NYSDEC approval. Septic tanks are installed and maintained on most lots. Septic tank effluent is collected and conveyed to the wastewater treatment facility by a combination of pumping and gravity. There are currently three pump stations that lift sewage to the gravity portions of the system.



• Water capacity is adequate to serve future development but the extension of water to properties at higher elevations will require a higher tank grid to provide adequate service.

• There is no redundancy for the Trumbull Corners Tank so, if the tank is out of service, the distribution of water to any district could only be accomplished with constant pumping.

• Distribution pipe in Water District No. 1 is relatively small in diameter (6-inch)

• The existing wastewater treatment facility will need to be expanded to meet NYSDEC standards.

• In order to increase the capacity of the wastewater collection system, modifications would be required to pumping station number 3. Development projects connecting to those sections of the system that are linear, (e.g., have dead ends) may require fire flows and pressures beyond the capability of the system. In such cases, supplemental infrastructure, such as fire pumps, will be needed.

VILLAGE OF TRUMANSBURG

Water

The Village of Trumansburg system is supplied by two wells: the Frontenac Point well and the Indian Fort Road well. The drilled well at Frontenac Point is located in Seneca County and fills the 150,000-gallon storage tank at NYS Route 89 with a 500-gpm pump. Two 350-gpm pumps at the tank lift the water to the 500,000 gallon Halsey Street elevated storage tank which supplies the main Village system. A pump station, built in 2006 off Salo Drive, serves a third pressure zone at the north end of the Village and extends into Seneca County. No storage tank is available for this zone. The 500,000-gallon Halsey Street tank, also built in 2006, is in excellent condition. The Route 89 tank was rehabilitated in 2009. It has an estimated useful life of 10 years. A well on Indian Fort Road is used only during emergencies and can supply less than 70% of the average daily flow. The water from this well suffers from poor aesthetic quality due to sulfur and high minerals. The water at each well is treated with sodium hypochlorite for disinfection. The distribution system appears satisfactory. Water mains in the business district were recently replaced. Emergency generators are installed at the well site and the Route 89 pump station. The main service area is the Village of Trumansburg, but two small Town of Ulysses Water Districts are supplied with Village water. Town of Ulysses Water District No.1 distributes water to the Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services facility on Route 227. Town of Ulysses Water District No. 2 serves the ShurSave Grocery Store on Route 96. Service is also provided to a few parcels along Seneca Road north of the Village, and to the Boy Scout Summer Camp located along the transmission main on Frontenac Road.


Sewer

The existing wastewater treatment facility serving the Village is an activated sludge plant with a capacity of 250,000-gpd. The effluent is disinfected by ultra-violet radiation and chlorine. There is limited additional capacity within the current facility and the site is not large enough to effectively add capacity. The Village does own additional land in the vicinity of the treatment plant so an upgrade on the current site is possible. Due to the configuration of the plant any increase in the capacity would require wholesale changes to the layout and operations of the facility. Flow to the facility is by gravity. There are two small pumping stations in the network, one on South Street and one on Prospect Street, which pump into the gravity network.


• A significant challenge in the Village of Trumansburg water system is the need to create a redundant source of supply. Even though the current well easily provides the average and maximum daily demands, the well has no redundancy. Because the Village depends on only the Frontenac Point well for supply, the Tompkins County Health Department has placed a moratorium on the approval of a new water main extension until another source is available. The Village is currently investigating drilling another well in the vicinity of the one at Frontenac.

• Additional development in the north part of the Village would be enhanced by a storage tank for that pressure zone.

• There are no known issues in the wastewater collection system that would preclude the additional flows allowable under the current plant arrangement and permit.

TOWN OF ULYSSES

Water

The Town of Ulysses currently has 4 water districts. Water District No. 1 serves the Cayuga Addiction Recovery Services facility on Route 227. This facility is fed off the 500,000-gallon Village of Trumansburg Tank. The facility is served by a 4-inch lateral off an 8-inch main. Water District No. 2 serves the ShurSave grocery store on NYS Route 96 and is fed off the 500,000-gallon Village of Trumansburg tank. Water District No. 3 serves properties along NYS Route 96 in the Hamlet of Jacksonville, Cold Springs Road, Swamp College Road, Jacksonville Road, Perry City Road and Van Dorn Corners Road. This district is fed off the 200,000 gallon Town of Ulysses tank located on the corner of Iradell and Van Dorn Corners Roads. The distribution system includes 12-inch piping. Water is supplied to the District through the Woolf Lane pump station located in the Town of Ithaca. The water supplier is Bolton Point. An agreement between the Town of Ithaca and the Town of Ulysses allows Ulysses to draw up to 159,000 gallons of water per day to feed Water District No. 3. Water District No. 4 serves three properties on Dubois Road just north of the Town of Ulysses/Ithaca border. This district is fed off the 500,000-gallon Town of Ithaca Trumansburg


Road tank. A similar agreement between the Town of Ithaca and the Town of Ulysses allows Ulysses to draw up to 3,000 gallons of water per day to feed these properties.

Sewer

The Town of Ulysses does not have municipal sewer infrastructure.


• The moratorium in the Village of Trumansburg restricting any further water main extensions limits extensions into those areas of the Town adjacent to the Village boundary.

SOUTHERN CAYUGA LAKE INTERMUNICIPAL WATER COMMISSION

The Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission is an inter-municipal organization dedicated to providing water to its member municipalities. The current members include the Village of Cayuga Heights, Town of Dryden, Town of Ithaca, Town of Lansing and the Village of Lansing. This facility is permitted to produce 6 million gallons per day of water to be used for domestic consumption and fire fighting and does so by drawing water from Cayuga Lake at its Bolton Point Treatment Plant (the Plant) on Route 34 in the Village of Lansing. In 2008 the Plant produced an average of 2.61 million gallons of water per day with a maximum day production of 4.23 million gallons. Treated water is pumped from the Plant to three storage tanks throughout the County; the Burdick Hill Tank, the Sheldon Road Tank and the East Hill Tank. The first tank in the system is the 1.5 million gallon Burdick Hill Tank, which is a welded steel tank built in the mid 1970s. This tank is the primary storage tank in the system and is in poor condition. It is slated for rehabilitation or replacement in the next 2 to 5 years. In order to facilitate the rehabilitation or replacement of the tank, a sister tank will be constructed on the same site. The Sheldon Road tank is a 500,000-gallon welded steel tank, which provides water to the Village of Cayuga Heights. This tank is in good condition as it was rehabilitated in 2007. The East Hill Tank is a 3.0 million gallon wire-wound concrete tank, which was constructed off of Ellis Hollow Road in the Town of Ithaca. This tank was sited at an elevation higher than the Burdick Hill and Sheldon Road Tanks and provides higher pressures to various parts of the system. Although distribution system extensions are the responsibility of the individual member municipalities Bolton Point has responsibility for the operation and maintenance of certain system components.


• The Plant has the capacity to provide additional water for the purposes of supporting development throughout the County. So the only limitation would be reaching agreements with existing and new members.

ITHACA AREA WASTEWATER TREATMENT FACILITY (IAWTF)

The IAWTF is jointly owned and operated by the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden. The IAWTF is the largest facility in the region with a total permitted treatment capacity of 13.0 MGD. There is significant additional capacity in the treatment works. The main area, where capacity would be limited, would be in the Final Settling Tanks and the Actiflo system. The Primary Settling Tanks are able to be run with one out of service except under very high


flows and the aeration tanks are capable of being reconfigured if required to accept additional loading. Flow monitoring is via a Parshall Flume in the effluent channel. The State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES) permit will expire in May 2010. It is expected that the phosphorus limits may be reduced at that time, but the operators have no real insight into what the limit may be. The digesters are currently very underloaded. The digester mixing is being upgraded with linear motion mixers and the digester heating is being upgraded also. A new cogeneration system is also being proposed which may be built around microturbines. Other issues noted were that the bar screens are coarser than desired and, therefore, some minor clogging issues are experienced in the plant. The installation of grit removal prior to the primaries would also assist in the process. Septage receiving facilities are being upgraded currently. There is also an upgrade of the leachate handling facilities planned for the future. Other work currently underway includes an energy analysis plan and evaluation of the aeration system and an upgrade of the lab and staff room.


• There are occasional wet weather sewer capacity problems with the jointly owned interceptor mains that serve the West Hill and East Hill collection systems. The existing siphon under the Flood Control Channel at Buffalo Street, which serves the Town’s collection systems on Trumansburg Road and Elm Street, is flow limited when high rates of infiltration and inflow surcharge the interceptor pipes on Inlet Island.

• On East Hill, segments of jointly owned sewer interceptors within the City on East State Street and below Valentine Place can be flow limited when high rates of inflow and infiltration exceed pipe capacities.

• While the City and Town are aware of the conditions there are no immediate plans to replace or augment the capacity of the existing pipes.

SUMMARY OF WATER AND SEWER INFRASTRUCTURE AND LIMITATIONS

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WATER AND SEWER AVAILABILITY IN THE RURAL CENTERS

The principles and policies of the Tompkins County Comprehensive Plan encourage a strategy for development that focuses future growth within the city, villages and hamlets. The availability of municipal water and sewer service within the villages and hamlets, collectively referred to as ‘rural centers’, could promote efficient development of suitable vacant lands and adaptive re-use of existing development. Based on the infrastructure data collected for each municipality, the current status of water and sewer availability in the County’s rural centers is illustrated in Figure 1.

Figure 1 – Water and Sewer Availability in the Rural Centers


AVAILABLE CAPACITY OF EXISTING FACILITIES

Specific to the municipal water supply and wastewater treatment facilities, the evaluation has quantified the differences between permitted capacity and current use, or, ‘available capacity’ as of December 2009. Water Supply and Treatment

The Bolton Point water treatment facility continues to have ample capacity to meet the demands of the 5 municipal members and the Town of Ulysses. The maximum day production of 4.23 MGD is still well below the permitted capacity of 6.0 MGD.

The water systems in the Villages of Dryden, Groton and Trumansburg and Hamlets of West Danby and Newfield rely on groundwater as the source of supply. Current regulatory standards state that these systems must be capable of delivering the maximum day demand with the best producing groundwater well out of service. At present, only the Newfield water system has sufficient redundant facilities to meet this requirement. The remaining water systems should expect that future applications to the Tompkins County Health Department for the extension of public water mains within these distribution systems, if and when received, could trigger a detailed review to determine if capacity is, in fact, adequate. The Health Department currently has in effect a moratorium on new water main extensions within the Village of Trumansburg service area.

Wastewater Treatment

The VCHWTP is operating at 1.477 MGD of a permitted 2.0 MGD maximum 30-day flow. All of the capacity is owned by the Village and is allocated to neighboring municipalities by contract. The Village is utilizing the Kline Road by-pass to divert to the IAWTF a volume of sewage that represents the Town of Ithaca customers in the Northeast Area. The VDWTP serves the majority of the Village and limited lands in the adjacent Town of Dryden. Improvements to upgrade the treatment process to a Sequencing Batch Reactor will improve effluent quality and also increase treatment capacity to 600,000-gpd. The current 30-day maximum flow is about 329,000-gpd. Once the plant upgrades are completed, the Village could realize surplus capacity of approximately 271,000-gpd. The Village of Freeville wastewater treatment works serves only Village customers and the WGAFCS campus. Permitted for 125,000 GPD the two aerated lagoons operate at only 48,000-gpd suggesting there is significant surplus capacity in the facility. The Village of Groton wastewater treatment plant currently operates in excess of the 350,000-gpd permitted flow. The facility only serves Village properties and is soon to be upgraded to a Sequencing Batch Reactor plant with a design capacity of 500,000-gpd. Once the plant upgrades are completed, the Village will regain surplus capacity of approximately 73,000-gpd.


The Village of Trumansburg Wastewater Treatment Plant (VTWTP) is permitted to treat 250,000-gpd of sewage. The maximum 30-day flow of 230,000-gpd is approaching that limit. The available surplus capacity is 20,000-gpd. The maximum 30-day flow through the IAWTF in 2008 was 9.83 MGD, or approximately 75% of the 13.0 MGD permit limit. The surplus capacity of 3.17 MGD is owned in varying percentages by the City of Ithaca, Town of Ithaca and Town of Dryden. The recent activation of the Kline Road By-pass in the Village of Cayuga Heights collection system directs a representative volume of sewage for Town of Ithaca customers in the Northeast Area to the IAWTF. The flow values listed above reflect the by-pass.

The following tables summarize the current available capacities in the existing municipal water supply and wastewater treatment facilities by facility owner. To grasp the importance of the available capacities, the volumetric values can be expressed in equivalent units of housing. For the purpose of this study, the volume basis of measurement is converted to an estimated number of equivalent single-family homes, or Equivalent Dwelling Units. The hypothetical conversion used is 1 Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU) for every 325 gallons of water or sewage capacity. Based on trends in household size, the factor is considered conservative given that customary engineering practice for sanitary sewer design is 100 gallons per person per day.


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POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS WITH EXISTING INFRASTRUCTURE

Communities with available treatment capacity and ready access to both water and sewer systems will be best positioned to support immediate and future development needs. As can be seen in Figure 1, the Villages of Dryden, Groton and Trumansburg and Hamlets of Newfield and Varna have reasonable access to both water and sewer systems. Further comparison of these rural centers with available water supply and wastewater treatment capacities in Table 6 and Table 7, respectively suggests that only the Villages of Dryden and Groton and the Hamlet of Varna can immediately offer both services to prospective development. In addition to the rural centers, there are suburban areas within the Villages of Cayuga Heights and Lansing and the Town of Ithaca that have reasonable access to water and sewer systems and treatment facilities with adequate capacities. Development ‘nodes’, or areas of relatively dense mixed-use development, that could accommodate new growth in these municipalities may include the Community Corners area in the Village of Cayuga Heights and the area east of North Triphammer Road in the Village of Lansing. Within the Town of Ithaca, there are three possible development nodes: the area surrounding the Cayuga Medical Center on West Hill, the vicinity of East King Road and Danby Road on South Hill, and the area surrounding the East Hill Plaza. In the Town of Dryden, a possible development node in the area of NYS Route 366 and Pinckney Road could expand the current mix of industrial, commercial and residential land uses. Taken together, the existing rural centers and possible development nodes represent Potential Development Focus Areas where local and regional planning strategies may be implemented to support desired growth. These areas are shown in Figure 2.


POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREA READINESS

Based on the understanding of existing system conditions, available capacities and pending improvement projects, all of the Potential Development Focus Areas can be segregated into likely periods of time or states of ‘readiness’ during which water and sewer service could reasonably become accessible. Several of the Potential Development Focus Areas will require only project specific extensions of water and sanitary sewers and in some cases customary investments in operation and maintenance repairs in order to support development in the next five years. These areas (represented by the green circles on Figure 3) include the Hamlet of Varna, the Villages of Cayuga Heights, Dryden, Groton and Lansing and three areas in the Town of Ithaca; East Hill, King Road and the Cayuga Medical Center. The balance of the remaining Potential Development Focus Areas (represented by the orange or yellow circles on Figure 3) will likely require significant investments in additional infrastructure, such as transmission mains or treatment plant capacity, or intensive inter-municipal negotiations that would delay delivery of water and sewer services within the geographical area beyond five years. For example; although

Figure 2 – Potential Development Focus Areas with Water and/or Sewer


the Village of Trumansburg has both municipal water and sewer the current moratorium on approving new watermain extensions could delay development within the Village. It is unlikely that the Potential Development Focus Areas represented by the gray circles shown on Figure 3 will have water and/or sewer infrastructure within the next 15 years. The Potential Development Focus Areas from a water and sewer service ‘readiness’ perspective are illustrated in Figure 3.

From Tables 6 and 7 it is inferred there could be the equivalent of 12,850 dwelling units based on available water supply and 12,700 dwelling units based on available wastewater treatment capacity currently available for new development throughout the County. Distribution of the available capacities among the Potential Development Focus Areas, however, must reflect the ownership interests in and actual service areas of the treatment facilities. The summation in Table 8 suggests that, due to either water or sewer limitations, there is most likely 6,100 Potential Equivalent Dwelling Units readily available outside of the City of Ithaca for new development in the Potential Development Focus Areas that exhibit readiness in the next 5 years.

Figure 3 – Potential Development Focus Area Readiness


POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS REQUIRING ADDITIONAL

INFRASTRUCTURE

The Hamlets of Newfield and South Lansing, the Villages of Lansing and Trumansburg, and the Route 366/Pinckney Road area of the Town of Dryden presently lack immediate access to treatment capacity and/or system infrastructure and may require significant investments of public funds to construct new or replacement treatment facilities and extensions of water and sewer systems. While it is outside the scope of this Study to prepare detailed cost estimates for such improvements, there is historical cost information that has been developed by the respective communities that can be used to support an order-of-magnitude analysis. The general costs presented for each of the following Potential Development Focus Areas reflect only the expansion of municipal infrastructure that will afford the community or service area access to water and sewer systems. The additional costs specific to an individual development project cannot be assessed and are not included. Town of Dryden - NYS Route 366/Pinckney Road Municipal water and sewer infrastructure currently exists in the vicinity of the NYS Route 13 and 366 intersection but does not extend north across NYS Route 13 to Hall Road or Pinckney Road. In 2006 the Town of Dryden Board authorized the preparation of engineering reports to

Table 8 – Potential Equivalent Dwelling Units by Treatment Facility


describe the extension of public infrastructure to serve the commercial properties along Hall Road and the Saunders Concrete property on Pinckney Road. The extension of water and sewer improvements was proposed to terminate at Pinckney Road adjacent to the Saunders Concrete property. However, these districts were never established. As part of that report costs for the water and sewer system improvements were estimated at approximately $330,000 and $450,000 respectively. When adjusted for inflation, using the ENR Construction Cost Index, the estimated project costs would be approximately $370,000 and $500,000 respectively. Depending on the Town’s surplus capacity in the IAWTF, an expanded sewer service area outside of the originally conceived limits of the Pinckney Road Sewer District may require the purchase of additional sewage treatment capacity from either the City or Town of Ithaca. The increased flows could also trigger an evaluation of the available transmission capacity in the Cornell University sewer system. Assuming a similar expansion of the water service area the fire flow demand and duration for new development may result in the need for additional water storage capacity. These water and sewer expansions could cost an additional $460,000 and $560,000 respectively excluding the costs of additional transmission and water storage capacity.

Figure 4 – NYS Route 366/Pinckney Road Potential Development Focus Area


Town of Lansing – South Lansing Hamlet A new sewer benefit district encompassing the South Lansing hamlet could potentially serve the existing mix of community, institutional, commercial and residential land uses along and adjacent to the NYS Route 34/34B corridor between N. Triphammer Road and Myers Road. Several large vacant parcels controlled by the Town and centered within the hamlet would be benefitted. The principal institutional and commercial uses within the service area include the NYSOCFS campus, the Lansing Central School District, the Woodsedge Apartments and Cargill. The residential neighborhoods on Myers Road and in the Ladoga Park area would also be served. A Town-owned wastewater treatment plant having a maximum discharge of 0.5 MGD could be constructed at a location proximate to the Cayuga Lake shoreline. The plant would include an outfall into Cayuga Lake. A 2008 preliminary estimate of project cost prepared by T.G. Miller, P.C. for the collection system and wastewater treatment plant was approximately $9,144,000. Adjusted for inflation using the ENR Construction Cost Index, the present day cost could be over $9,575,000.

Village of Lansing - West of Triphammer Expansion of sewer service into the northwest portion of the Village would require either extending the existing 15-inch gravity interceptor main north of Cedar Lane along the former railroad grade to Burdick Hill Road or, alternatively, a combination of smaller diameter gravity collection sewers draining to a centralized sewage pump station with force main discharge into the existing system on Cedar Lane. The basic components of the latter alternative were considered in a 2006 draft Town of Lansing Wastewater Facilities Plan prepared by Stearns & Wheler.

Figure 5 – South Lansing Hamlet Potential Development Focus Area Boundary


A gravity sewer main installed along Cayuga Heights Road serving parcels adjacent to this street would drain north toward Esty Drive and facilitate a gravity sewer main extension on the western portion of Oakcrest Road and within undeveloped properties outside the existing service area. A sewage lift station in the vicinity of Esty Drive would be down gradient of these gravity mains and would connect to the existing gravity sewer on Cedar Lane with a force main. Using the unit prices predicted in the 2006 Plan and adjusting for inflation based on the ENR Index, a gross estimate of the project cost for this system expansion is approximately $2,800,000. In addition to this infrastructure cost, if significant additional flows from an expanded service area would utilize all of the surplus capacity in the VCHWTP then capacity upgrades at the VCHWTP or new flow diversions to the IAWTF would be necessary. Negotiations and execution of inter-municipal agreements to facilitate either of these capacity expansion scenarios will be required.

Figure 6 – Village of Lansing (West of Triphammer) Potential Development Focus Area


The Newfield Hamlet The wastewater treatment facility consists of multiple absorption fields for disposal of collected septic tank effluent. Flows to the treatment facility have been exceeding permit limits. It is expected that the Town will have to apply to NYSDEC for an increase in the permit and expand the number of absorption fields. This expansion may be required if additional development occurs within the service area or not. Subject to NYSDEC approval, it may be possible to increase the treatment capacity for some future development at the time the facility is upgraded for permit compliance. Expansion of the absorption field may cost between $400,000 and $500,000. Increased flows from future development may also impact capacity in one of the existing effluent pump stations. The cost of expanding and modifying the existing pump station could exceed $125,000. Village of Trumansburg To address the need for a redundant source of groundwater supply for the water system, the Village recently authorized the preparation of a preliminary engineering report to identify the physical improvements and associated costs to install an additional well in the vicinity of Frontenac Point and a dedicated transmission main from the existing and proposed Frontenac wells to the NYS Route 89 storage tank. The new transmission main would be free of any service connections and will enhance chlorine contact time needed for disinfection. The preliminary estimate of project cost prepared by Hunt Engineers, Architects & Land Surveyors to complete these improvements is approximately $1,185,000.

FUTURE EDUS IN THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT FOCUS AREAS

Should the future expansion of water and sewer infrastructure occur in any or all of the Potential Development Focus Areas as described in the previous section, there could be a resultant increase in the number of dwelling units of water supply and wastewater treatment capacity accessible for new development. To quantify the possible additional EDUs, a vacant land analysis was performed in a manner loosely similar to the process outlined in the Affordable Housing Needs Assessment. In this Study, a list was generated of existing parcels identified by the Tompkins County Department of Assessment as ‘vacant’ or ‘single family residential greater than 5 acres’ that fall within the proximate limits of the Potential Development Focus Area. The list of parcels did not consider environmental features such as slopes over 15 percent; State and Federal wetlands; Tompkins County designated Unique Natural Areas; flood plain; and riparian buffers. Instead, the aggregate acreage was discounted by 20 percent to account for these likely environmental constraints that may preclude some lands from being developed. It was assumed that higher density housing made possible with water and sewer service could be in a range of 4 to 10 dwelling units per acre. Further, the expansion of water and sewer service areas in the Route 366/Pinckney Road, South Lansing Hamlet and Village of Lansing (West of Triphammer) Potential Development Focus Areas create opportunities to access lands for new development sites. The capital improvements described for the Hamlet of Newfield and Village of Trumansburg while providing some potential for increasing EDUs primarily restore capacity in the respective wastewater treatment and water supply facilities in response to regulatory requirements.


Based on the analysis parameters described above the estimated range of future EDUs associated with expansion of municipal water and sewer systems is between 2,850 and 7,300.

STUDY CONCLUSIONS

The substantive findings of the Study are summarized in this section. General

• Municipalities are proactively planning and undertaking repairs and upgrades to existing treatment facilities and piping systems. The Villages of Dryden and Groton are implementing sewage treatment plant upgrades to meet new effluent discharge limits and moderately increase capacity. A new sewer service area and collection system in the Town of Lansing will soon be constructed in the vicinity of Warren Road. The City of Ithaca is planning on replacing their existing water treatment plant on Six Mile Creek. The Town of Ithaca is designing several pipeline replacement projects and has initiated a utility master planning study. In the Town of Danby, the West Danby Water District recently completed a detailed investigation of the water supply, storage and distribution facilities.

• Municipal water systems utilizing groundwater sources can have limited redundancy. The water systems in West Danby and the Villages of Dryden, Groton and Trumansburg cannot adequately supply the maximum day demand if the best producing groundwater well is out of service. Applications to the Tompkins County Health Department for the extension of public water mains within these distribution systems, if, and when received, could trigger a detailed review to determine if capacity is sufficient. The Health Department currently has in effect a moratorium on new water main extensions within the Village of Trumansburg service area. This moratorium shifts the Village into the 5-10 year ‘readiness’ category.

Table 9 – Potential Future Equivalent Dwelling Units


Capacity

• The Southern Cayuga Lake Intermunicipal Water Commission (Bolton Point) water treatment facility continues to have surplus capacity to meet the demands of the 5 municipal members and the Town of Ulysses. Average and maximum day production is still well below the permitted capacity and should remain so for the next 10 or more years.

• The Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWTF) has surplus wastewater treatment capacity as a whole with each of the 3 owners maintaining an allocation of that capacity. Activation of the Kline Road by-pass in the Village of Cayuga Heights collection system is now directing a representative volume of sewage for Town of Ithaca customers in the Northeast Area to the IAWTF. The ability of the 3 owners to buy and sell additional treatment capacity from each other assures that adequate capacity will remain available in this facility for the next 10 years and beyond.

• The Village of Cayuga Heights Wastewater Treatment Plant (VCHWTP) has spare treatment capacity and utilizes the Kline Road by-pass to divert a representative volume of sewage for Town of Ithaca customers in the Northeast Area to the IAWTF. Continued use of the by-pass would allow the surplus capacity to be accessible for additional sewer connections during the next 10 years.

• Current flow conditions experienced at the Village of Trumansburg Wastewater Treatment Plant suggest a minimal volume of capacity remains in this facility.

• The sewage disposal system serving the Hamlet of Newfield has reached and exceeded the maximum month flow indicating there is no surplus treatment capacity.

• The current surplus capacity in municipal water supply and treatment facilities throughout Tompkins County (including the City of Ithaca) suggests that an equivalent of 12,850 additional units of housing can be served.

• Based on the existing utilization of wastewater treatment facilities throughout Tompkins County (including the City of Ithaca), there is treatment capacity available to support the equivalent of 12,700 units of new housing.

Equivalent Dwelling Units

• Potential Development Focus Areas with the greatest potential to access water and sewer service in support of affordable housing or mixed-use development include the Villages of Cayuga Heights, Dryden, Groton and Lansing; the Hamlet of Varna; and nodes on South Hill (King Road/Danby Road), East Hill (East Hill Plaza) and West Hill (CMC) in the Town of Ithaca. Distribution of available capacity among the Potential Development Focus Areas, when facility ownership and geographic setting are considered, predicts there is more likely 6,100 Equivalent Dwelling Units of combined capacity immediately available for all types of new development.

• In the future, the simultaneous expansion of water and sewer service areas in the Potential Development Focus Areas including the Hamlet of South Lansing, the Village of Lansing (west of North Triphammer Road) and the Route 366/Pinckney Road area of the Town of Dryden could generate an additional 2,850-7,300 Equivalent Dwelling Units of combined capacity for new development.


Inter-Municipal Agreements

• 9 of the 12 municipalities that have municipal water and/or sewer participate in inter-municipal service agreements.

• 90% of the water supplied from municipal sources is distributed between municipalities that operate under inter-municipal agreements.

• 96% of the wastewater collected by municipal sewer systems is treated by municipal facilities that operate under inter-municipal agreements.

• 97% of the equivalent dwelling units that could be readily supplied within 5 years would continues to be served by water supply and wastewater treatment facilities that operate under inter-municipal agreements.

• 60% of the Potential Future Equivalent Dwelling Units that could be supplied with both water and sewer service within 5 to 10 years would trigger additional inter-municipal agreements.


GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Activated Sludge: a process of wastewater treatment in which wastewater is aerated to remove biological contaminants. Artesian Aquifer: an aquifer in which ground water in porous rock or soil is confined under significantly greater than atmospheric pressure by impermeable geological formations (also called a Confined Aquifer). An Unconfined Aquifer is one whose upper surface is a water table free to fluctuate. Aquifer: a geological formation that contains sufficient saturated, permeable material to yield significant quantities of water to wells and springs. Booster Pump: A pump that increases pressure in an area of the water distribution system with low pressure. Clarification: The process of separating solids from the liquid during water treatment. Coagulation: The clumping together of very fine particles into larger particles caused by the use of a coagulant. This clumping together makes it easier to separate the solids from the water by settling or filtering. Cogeneration: A plant to generate electricity from the waste gas produced by a Digester. Collection System: The network of pipes and pumping stations that collects wastewater and conveys it to a wastewater treatment plant. Digester: A unit in a wastewater treatment plant for treatment of sludge to remove biological and bacterial contaminants prior to reuse or disposal. Disinfection: The process designed to kill most microorganisms in water, including essentially all pathogenic (disease-causing) bacteria. There are several ways to disinfect with chlorine being most frequently used in water treatment. Distribution Mains: The water pipes that transport the water from the storage tanks and supply the water to customers. Equivalent Dwelling Unit (EDU): a unit of water or wastewater capacity that standardizes all uses (residential, office, retail, commercial, etc) to the level of demand created by one single-family housing unit. Flocculation: The gathering together of fine particles in water by gentle mixing after the addition of coagulant chemicals, to form larger particles. Force Main: A water pipe containing pumped flows from a wastewater or water pumping station.


Infiltration and Inflow: Flow into the sewerage system which is not from known sewer connections, i.e. from stormwater or groundwater. Infrastructure: refers to water supply facilities (groundwater wells, infiltration galleries, reservoirs, and surface water intakes), water or wastewater treatment facilities, water transmission and distribution systems (pump stations, storage tanks, and pipe) and wastewater collection systems (septic tanks, pump stations, force mains, manholes and pipe). Installed Production Capacity: for a Water Supply Treatment Facility, this is the amount of water that the available wells, pumps, or treatment equipment are able to pump and /or treat. This may equal, or be greater than or less than the Permitted Production Capacity. Interceptor Sewer: A large diameter sewer pipe that collects (or intercepts) the flow from several other sewers.

Microfiltration: Filtration using membranes with a pore size of around 0.2 µm. Onsite sewage disposal system: an onsite wastewater treatment/disposal system is one which an individual home or business, or a cluster of homes, treats and disposes of its wastewater. It is also known as a “decentralized system” a “private system” and very commonly as a “septic system” because a typical household system consists of a house sewer, septic tank, distribution box and absorption field or other constructed method to discharge the treated wastewater into the ground. However, some systems may discharge into a stream or lake, and some may use aerobic systems. The system is typically owned and maintained by the land owner and serves only that property. Outfall: The point of discharge from a wastewater system or treatment plant to the environment. Permitted Production Capacity: for a Water Supply Treatment Facility, this is the amount of water that the regulatory authority has authorized may be withdrawn from the water source. Permitted Treatment Capacity: for a Waste Water Treatment Facility, this is the amount of treated sewage that the regulatory authority has authorized may be discharged to the groundwater or a lake or a stream through a State Pollutant Discharge System Permit. Potential Development Focus Area: areas of relatively dense mixed-use development that can potentially accommodate new growth by using or building upon the resources that existing neighborhoods provide. The availability of existing infrastructure varies from area to area. Precipitating: coming out of solution and returning to a solid form. Present Average Day Demand: for a Water Supply Treatment Facility, this is the daily amount of water used, normally calculated over a calendar year. Typically the daily average is calculated each month by dividing the total water produced in that month by the number of days; then the Present Average Day Demand is calculated by dividing the sum of these twelve monthly


averages by twelve. The data is usually the amount of water produced so it includes all uses including non-metered uses such as fire fighting, water main flushing, and leaks. Present Average Day Flow: for a Waste Water Treatment Facility, this is the daily amount of sewage processed, normally calculated over a calendar year. Typically the daily average is calculated each month by dividing the total water processed in that month by the number of days; then the Present Average Day Flow is calculated by dividing the sum of these twelve monthly averages by twelve. Present Maximum Day Demand: for a Water Supply Treatment Facility, this is the maximum amount of water produced in any day, normally in the past calendar year. For most design purposes this is assumed to be twice the Average Day Demand. It is generally less than twice for large systems but may be greater for small systems due to the impact from fire fighting, flushing water mains, or manual control of pumps. Present Maximum Month Flow: for a Waste Water Treatment Facility, this is the largest of the twelve monthly averages of sewage processed in the recent calendar year. Present Surplus Capacity: for Water Supply Treatment Facility, this is the lesser of either the Permitted Production Capacity or the Installed Production Capacity minus the Present

Maximum Day Demand. For a Waste Water Treatment Facility, this is the Permitted

Treatment Capacity minus the Present Maximum Month Flow.

Pressure Reducing Valve (PRV): A valve that reduces high water pressure, predominantly in low-lying areas. Primary Treatment: The first major treatment process in a wastewater treatment plant, generally settling or clarification. Private Water Supply: a private water supply or system is one which an individual home or business provides its drinking water. It typically consists of a drilled well with a pump and pressure tank and serves only the property on which it is located. Secondary Treatment: The second major treatment process in a wastewater treatment plant which is generally to remove biological contaminants with or without further clarification. Sequencing Batch Reactor (SBR): A process of treating wastewater biologically is by applying different levels of oxygenation to the wastewater in sequence. Settling: See Clarification

Sewer: a pipe in which wastewater (sewage) flows. Sewerage System: a whole system of sewer pipes including collection sewers (collectors) and interceptor sewers (interceptors).


Sodium Hypochlorite: A solid form of chlorine commonly used in water treatment. Tertiary Treatment: The third major treatment process in a wastewater treatment plant. Generally involves filtration and / or disinfection. Transmission Mains: The pipes that transport water between water treatment plants and storage tanks or between storage tanks prior to Distribution to customers. Trickling Filter: a bed of gravel or pebble media through which wastewater percolates and microbial activity removes biological contaminants. Ultrafiltration: pressure driven filtration of materials from water using a membrane pore size of

approximately 0.03 to 0.1 µm. Water Supply Treatment Facility: A facility containing a series of tanks, screens, filters and other processes by which pollutants are removed and/or organisms inactivated from water intended for drinking. Waste Water Treatment Facility: A facility containing a series of tanks, screens, filters and other processes by which pollutants are removed from waste water before it is discharged to the environment (ground water, stream or lake).


APPENDICES

The following Appendices supplement the information contained in the study.

• Appendix A1: Municipal Water Service Areas Map

• Appendix A2: Municipal Sewer Service Areas Map

• Appendix B1-B23: Municipal Infrastructure Interview Forms

Countywide Inter-Municipal Water and Sewer Feasibility Study for Tompkins County

APPENDIX A1: MUNICIPAL WATER SERVICE AREAS MAP

TOWN of LANSING

TOWN of GROTON

TOWN of DRYDEN

TOWN ofITHACA

TOWN ofENFIELD

TOWN of NEWFIELD

TOWN of DANBY

TOWN of CAROLINE

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CITY OF ITHACA

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VILLAGE of TRUMANSBURG

VILLAGE of LANSING

NOTES: - TG Miller PC provided data and information used to create this map. - Base map was provided by ArcGIS Online. - Tax Parcel Data contained in this product was originally produced by/for the Tompkins County ITS GIS Division and may not be reproduced or redistributed without the express written consent of the originator. - Road and Municipal Boundary Information was obtained through CUGIR, the Cornell University Geospatial Information Repository, who developed the GIS data set versions of 2000 Census TIGER/Line files using US Departmentof Commerce, Bureau of the Census data. Cornell University provides these geographic data "as is." - Entities providing information for this map make no guarantee as to the accuracy or completeness of the data, nor that locations depicted represent true location. The Data are neither a legally recorded map or survey and are not intended to be used as one. They should be used for reference purposes only and only for the intended use. - This information was collected as part of professional services performed by Stearns & Wheler, LLC. Efforts have been made to create a reasonably accurate portrayal of geographic data. However, Stearns & Wheler, LLC expressly disclaims any responsibilities or liabilities from the use of this data.

KEYTown of Newfield Water Districts

Town of Ulysses Water Districts

Town of Ithaca Water District

Town of Ithaca Tank Service Areas

Town of Lansing WaterDistrict

Town of Dryden Water Districts

Town of Danby Water District

Village of Lansing Water Service Area

Village of Trumansburg Water Service Area

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APPENDIX A2: MUNICIPAL SEWER SERVICE AREAS MAP

TOWN of LANSING

TOWN of GROTON

TOWN of DRYDEN

TOWN ofITHACA

TOWN ofENFIELD

TOWN of NEWFIELD

TOWN of DANBY

TOWN of CAROLINE

TOWN of ULYSSES

CITY OF ITHACA

VILLAGEof CAYUGAHEIGHTS

VILLAGEof DRYDEN

VILLAGE of FREEVILLE

VILLAGEof GROTON

VILLAGE of TRUMANSBURG

VILLAGE of LANSING

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KEYTown of Dryden Sewer Districts

Town of Newfield Sewer District

Town of Ithaca Sewer District

Town of Ithaca Sewer Zones

Town of Lansing Sewer Districts

Village of Lansing Sewer Service Area

Village of Freeville Sewer Service Area

Village of Trumansburg Sewer Service Area

Village of Groton Sewer Service Area

Village of Dryden Sewer Service Area

Village of Cayuga Heights Sewer Service Area

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s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

Pla

nt

is o

per

ated

by Y

aws

envir

onm

enta

l la

b o

n b

ehal

f of

the

vil

lage.

R

ecen

t pla

nt

upgra

des

pri

or

to t

he

new

clo

th f

ilte

rs w

ere

a new

roof

on t

he

seco

ndar

y

dig

este

r an

d t

he

exte

nsi

on o

f th

e tr

ickli

ng f

ilte

r w

alls

and a

ddit

ion o

f pla

stic

med

ia.

The

SP

DE

S p

erm

it i

s due

for

renew

al i

n 2

010.

A m

ercu

ry m

inim

izat

ion

pro

gra

m i

s al

so b

eing i

mple

men

ted a

t th

e pla

nt.

If

a c

apac

ity i

ncr

ease

at

the

pla

nt

was

des

ired

over

and a

bove

the

2.0

mgd f

low

that

the

curr

ent

per

mit

all

ow

s th

e dif

ficu

lty w

ould

be

in i

ncr

easi

ng t

he

capac

ity

of

the

final

set

tlin

g t

anks.

It

would

be

rela

tivel

y s

trai

ghtf

orw

ard t

o i

ncr

ease

the

capac

ity o

f th

e pri

mar

y t

reat

men

t an

d t

he

filt

rati

on b

y a

ddit

ion o

f a

pri

mar

y

sedim

enta

tion t

ank a

nd a

n a

ddit

ional

clo

th f

ilte

r. T

he

tric

kli

ng f

ilte

rs h

ave

capac

ity i

n e

xce

ss o

f th

e per

mit

ted f

low

so n

o a

ugm

enta

tion w

ould

be

requir

ed

ther

e.

In o

rder

to i

ncr

ease

the

capac

ity o

f th

e fi

nal

set

tlin

g t

anks

how

ever

a n

ew t

ank w

ould

nee

d t

o b

e co

nst

ruct

ed o

n t

op o

f th

e ex

isti

ng a

cces

s ro

ad a

nd a

new

ac

cess

to t

he

pla

nt

would

be

requir

ed.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#N

Y-0

02 0

958:

2.0

mgd (

30 d

ay a

ver

age)

A

ver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

1.2

14 (

8 m

onth

s dat

a)

Max

imum

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

1.4

77 m

gd (

8 m

onth

s dat

a)

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d

Tra

nsm

issi

on

Syst

ems:

Flo

w c

om

es i

n t

o a

n i

nte

gra

ted s

cree

n /

scr

eenin

gs

pre

ss t

hat

dis

char

ges

into

a l

arge

bin

for

dis

posa

l. T

her

e is

an

aer

ated

gri

t ch

amber

wit

h a

ir l

ift

pum

ps

that

dis

char

ge

into

a g

rit

was

her

. T

his

is

oper

ated

once

a w

eek o

n

aver

age.

The

pla

nt

has

3 x

pri

mar

y s

edim

enta

tion t

anks

wit

h s

ludge

pum

ped

to t

he

pri

mar

y d

iges

ter.

T

he

flow

is

then

pum

ped

to t

wo t

rick

ling f

ilte

rs b

y 3

duty

/ d

uty

/ s

har

ed s

tandby v

aria

ble

spee

d p

um

ps.

T

he

tric

kli

ng f

ilte

rs c

onta

in a

round 1

5 f

t of

pla

stic

med

ia a

nd a

re r

un i

n p

aral

lel.

T

he

tric

kli

ng f

ilte

rs a

re r

ated

for

5 m

gd f

low

. T

he

effl

uen

t fr

om

the

tric

kli

ng f

ilte

rs i

s dose

d w

ith F

erri

c C

hlo

ride

and p

asse

s th

rough 2

x F

inal

S

ettl

ing T

anks

pri

or

to b

eing p

um

ped

to n

ew c

loth

fil

ters

whic

h h

ave

bee

n r

ecen

tly i

nst

alle

d a

s a

par

t of

a phosp

horu

s re

moval

upgra

de

at t

he

pla

nt.

T

her

e is

cap

acit

y f

or

furt

her

Fer

ric

Chlo

ride

and p

oly

mer

dosi

ng t

o

the

infl

uen

t to

the

cloth

fil

ters

how

ever

only

poly

mer

is

curr

entl

y d

ose

d.

Foll

ow

ing f

iltr

atio

n t

he

effl

uen

t is

dis

infe

cted

wit

h s

odiu

m h

ypoch

lori

te a

nd p

asse

s th

rough a

chlo

rine

conta

ct t

ank p

rior

to d

isch

arge

to C

ayuga

Lak

e. S

ludge

trea

tmen

t is

by a

nae

robic

dig

esti

on.

The

sludge

from

the

pri

mar

y s

ettl

ing t

anks

is p

um

ped

to

the

pri

mar

y d

iges

ter

and t

he

sludge

from

the

final

set

tlin

g t

anks

is p

um

ped

to t

he

seco

ndar

y d

iges

ter.

T

he

dig

este

r gas

is

use

d t

o f

uel

the

sludge

hea

ter

wit

h a

ddit

ional

gas

mak

eup w

hen

dig

este

r gas

is

not

suff

icie

nt.

E

xce

ss g

as i

s fl

ared

to a

tmosp

her

e. T

he

sludge

is d

ewat

ered

by a

bel

t pre

ss a

nd p

roduce

s ar

ound 2

0 t

ons

of

dew

ater

ed s

ludge

/ m

onth

at

18-2

0%

dry

soli

ds.

T

he

sludge

is d

ispose

d o

f to

lan

d i

n S

enec

a C

ounty

. T

he

pla

nt

has

a b

ackup d

iese

l gen

erat

or.

Flo

w c

om

es i

nto

the

pla

nt

by g

ravit

y.

N

o m

ajor

issu

es i

n c

oll

ecti

on s

yst

em.

Note

that

the

flow

s ab

ove

are

wit

h t

he

curr

ent

Kli

ne

Rd d

iver

sion i

n p

lace

.

Ther

e is

a p

oss

ibil

ity t

hat

flo

ws

curr

entl

y

div

erte

d t

o t

he

Ithac

a A

rea

WW

TP

by t

his

div

ersi

on c

ould

be

redir

ecte

d t

o C

ayuga

Hei

ghts

WW

TP

. I

f th

is w

as t

o o

ccur

an

addit

ional

100,0

00 t

o 2

00,0

00 g

allo

ns

per

day

would

be

rece

ived

at

the

pla

nt.

APPENDIX B1

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

Som

e ra

ggin

g i

ssues

at

the

pri

mar

y d

iges

ter

wer

e obse

rved

. T

he

exis

ting

gri

t sy

stem

is

old

and r

equir

es r

egula

r m

ainte

nan

ce.

The

scre

enin

gs

and g

rit

buil

din

g a

lso r

equir

es m

ainte

nan

ce.

The

exis

ting c

hai

ns

and f

lights

for

the

sludge

scra

per

s in

the

PS

Ts

are

in t

he

pro

cess

of

bei

ng r

epla

ced.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: A

ppro

xim

atel

y 1

,600 p

eople

A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

Appro

xim

atel

y 7

50

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f D

anby,

Wes

t D

anby W

ater

Dis

tric

t P

hone

No:

6

07-2

77

-0799

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Eugen

e B

eaver

s, T

ow

n C

ounci

lman

/Wat

er D

istr

ict

Com

mis

sioner

; S

ue

Bee

ner

s, T

ow

n C

EO

; R

ic D

ietr

ic, S

uper

vis

or

Fax

No:

277-0

559

D

avid

Her

rick

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

7,

2009

E-M

ail:

SB

eener

s@ao

l.co

m

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

The

dri

lled

wel

l at

the

Sylv

an L

ane

pum

p s

tati

on i

s th

e only

sourc

e of

supply

for

the

wat

er d

istr

ict.

The

wel

l is

275 f

eet

dee

p a

nd i

s w

ell

pro

tect

ed f

rom

any t

hre

aten

ing

adja

cent

land u

ses.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

WS

A #

5399:

100 g

pm

.

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

17,0

00 g

pd

M

axim

um

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

3

4,0

00 g

pd

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

Gro

undw

ater

qual

ity a

nd l

evel

hav

e re

mai

ned

consi

sten

t over

the

last

40 y

ears

. L

iquid

chlo

rine

is i

nje

cted

for

dis

infe

ctio

n a

nd t

o m

ainta

in a

ppro

pri

ate

resi

dual

le

vel

s in

the

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em.

The

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em i

s a

com

bin

atio

n o

f 8,

6 a

nd 3

-inch

pip

e an

d w

as i

nte

nded

to

adeq

uat

ely s

erve

the

dom

esti

c nee

ds

of

the

dis

tric

t. T

her

e ar

e only

thre

e fi

re

hydra

nts

loca

ted i

n t

he

Wes

t D

anby h

amle

t. T

he

sole

sto

rage

tank i

s co

nst

ruct

ed o

f w

elded

ste

el a

nd h

as a

use

able

cap

acit

y o

f 50,0

00 g

allo

ns.

The

stora

ge

volu

me

is

more

than

adeq

uat

e fo

r th

e dom

esti

c dem

and b

ut

off

ers

lim

ited

fir

e fl

ow

dura

tion.

Sta

tic

and r

esid

ual

pre

ssure

s th

roughout

the

dis

tric

t ar

e w

ithin

an a

ccep

table

ran

ge.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

T

he

single

wel

l dev

iate

s fr

om

curr

ent

stan

dar

ds

that

req

uir

e tw

o s

ourc

es o

f su

pply

, pre

fera

bly

in d

iffe

rent

aquif

ers

or

dif

fere

nt

loca

tions

of

an a

quif

er.

Only

3 h

ydra

nts

exis

t in

the

dis

tric

t an

d s

erve

the

centr

al p

ort

ion o

f th

e ham

let

ther

eby l

imit

ing f

ire

pro

tect

ion

The

stora

ge

tank h

as l

imit

ed f

ire

flow

dura

tion i

f fu

ture

mai

n e

xte

nsi

ons

are

requir

ed t

o p

rovid

e fi

re p

rote

ctio

n p

er c

urr

ent

stan

dar

ds.

The

stru

ctura

l st

eel

mem

ber

s of

the

tank’s

roof

nee

d t

o b

e re

pai

red.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 2

73

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

110

APPENDIX B2

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

P

hone

No:

6

07-8

44

-8888

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Jack

Bush

, T

ow

n H

ighw

ay/D

PW

Super

inte

nden

t M

ary A

nn S

um

ner

, T

ow

n S

uper

vis

or

Fax

No:

6

07-8

44

-8008

Andy S

ciar

abba/

Dav

e P

utn

am

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

8,

2009

E-M

ail:

T

ow

nH

ighw

ay@

dry

den

.ny.u

s

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

Most

of

the

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

is

on p

rivat

e w

ell

syst

ems.

T

he

area

s th

at d

o h

ave

munic

ipal

wat

er r

ecei

ve

thei

r tr

eate

d w

ater

fro

m t

he

SC

LIW

C (

Bolt

on P

oin

t).

Pro

per

ties

nort

h o

f th

e V

illa

ge

of

Dry

den

(In

cludin

g t

he

Dry

den

HS

/MS

, T

C3 a

nd P

roper

ties

on N

ort

h R

oad

) re

ceiv

e w

ater

fro

m t

he

Vil

lage

of

Dry

den

. T

her

e ar

e al

so a

num

ber

of

pri

vat

e w

ater

syst

ems

not

mai

nta

ined

by t

he

Tow

n.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

:

N/A

A

ver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N

/A

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

N/A

T

he

To

wn o

f D

ryd

en c

urr

entl

y h

as 6

wat

er D

istr

icts

. W

ater

Dis

tric

t N

o.

1 s

erves

the

Var

na

area

and

is

sup

pli

ed b

y t

he

50

0,0

00

gal

lon

To

wn o

f It

hac

a S

apsu

cker

Wo

od

s R

oad

Tan

k t

hro

ug

h t

he

To

wn

of

Ithac

a’s

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em a

nd

the

Ap

ple

Orc

har

d P

RV

on t

he

Bo

lto

n P

oin

t T

-mai

n.

This

tan

k i

s su

pp

lied

by a

To

wn o

f It

hac

a P

um

p S

tati

on a

nd

the

Ap

ple

Orc

har

d P

RV

. T

he

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em

consi

sts

of

8-i

nch

pip

e.

The

Mo

nkey

Ru

n W

ater

Dis

tric

t se

rves

pro

per

ties

on R

te 3

66

no

rth o

f V

arna,

Bar

r R

oad

and

Ab

bo

t R

oad

. T

his

Dis

tric

t is

sup

pli

ed

wat

er f

rom

the

two

To

wn o

f D

ryd

en N

YS

EG

Tan

ks

wh

ich h

ave

cap

acit

ies

of

20

0,0

00

and

40

0,0

00

gal

lons.

The

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em i

s a

com

bin

atio

n o

f 1

2 a

nd

8-i

nch

pip

e an

d a

deq

uat

ely s

erves

the

do

mes

tic

and

fir

e nee

ds

of

the

dis

tric

t. T

he

NY

SE

G T

ank

s ar

e fi

lled

th

rou

gh t

he

Var

na

Pu

mp

Sta

tio

n a

t th

e ea

st e

nd

of

the

Wat

er D

istr

ict

No

. 1

(V

arna

syst

em).

T

he

Hal

l R

oad

Wat

er D

istr

ict

serv

es t

he

Van

guar

d p

rop

erty

ad

jace

nt

to R

te 1

3. T

his

Dis

tric

t is

als

o s

up

pli

ed f

rom

the

two

To

wn o

f D

ryd

en N

YS

EG

Tan

ks

thro

ug

h t

he

Mo

nkey

Ru

n W

ater

Dis

tric

t p

ipin

g.

The

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em i

s a

com

bin

atio

n o

f 1

2 a

nd

8-i

nch

p

ipe.

T

he

Turk

ey H

ill

Wat

er D

istr

ict

serv

es p

rop

erti

es o

n R

te 3

66

, M

ount

Ple

asan

t R

oad

, T

urk

ey H

ill

Ro

ad,

Ob

serv

ato

ry C

ircl

e, F

ore

st

Lan

e an

d M

on

key

Ru

n R

oad

. T

his

Dis

tric

t is

sup

pli

ed w

ater

fro

m t

he

two

To

wn o

f D

ryd

en N

YS

EG

Tan

ks

thro

ug

h t

he

Mo

nkey

Ru

n

Wat

er D

istr

ict

pip

ing.

The

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em c

on

sist

s o

f 8

-inch

pip

e.

The

Ro

yal

Ro

ad W

ater

Dis

tric

t se

rves

6 c

om

mer

cial

pro

per

ties

on R

oyal

Ro

ad.

This

Dis

tric

t is

sup

pli

ed w

ater

fro

m t

he

two

To

wn o

f D

ryd

en N

YS

EG

Tan

ks

thro

ug

h t

he

Mo

nkey

Ru

n W

ater

Dis

tric

t p

ipin

g.

The

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em c

onsi

sts

of

8-i

nch

pip

e.

The

Sn

yd

er H

ill

Wat

er D

istr

ict

serv

es p

rop

erti

es a

long S

nyd

er H

ill

Ro

ad a

nd

Per

egri

ne

Way

and

is

sup

pli

ed w

ater

fro

m t

he

5

00

,00

0 g

allo

n T

ow

n o

f It

hac

a H

un

ger

ford

Hil

l T

ank t

hro

ugh t

he

To

wn o

f It

hac

a d

istr

ibu

tio

n s

yst

em.

A b

oo

ster

pu

mp

sta

tio

n

incr

ease

s m

ain p

ress

ure

fo

r d

om

esti

c d

eman

ds,

but

can n

ot

pro

vid

e fi

re f

low

. T

he

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em c

onsi

sts

of

8-i

nch

pip

e.

APPENDIX B3

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

N/A

T

he

NY

SE

G s

tora

ge

tanks

may

hav

e li

mit

ed f

ire

flow

dura

tion i

f fu

ture

mai

n e

xte

nsi

ons

are

added

to t

he

Monkey

Run,

Hal

l R

d, T

urk

ey H

ill

Rd,

Royal

Road

Dis

tric

ts.

Addit

ional

tan

ks

may

be

requir

ed t

o p

rovid

e fi

re p

rote

ctio

n p

er c

urr

ent

stan

dar

ds.

T

he

Tow

n i

s in

tere

sted

in e

xte

ndin

g w

ater

to t

he

Cort

land R

oad

are

a (i

ncl

udin

g T

C3)

whic

h w

ill

incl

ude

appro

xim

atel

y

15 p

roper

ties

. T

he

Vil

lage

of

Dry

den

syst

em w

ill

requir

e upgra

des

to m

ake

this

poss

ible

.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: N

/A

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

274 T

ota

l (2

12 -

Res

iden

tial

62 -

Co

mm

erci

al)

WD

#1 –

120

Monkey

Run W

D –

18

Hal

l R

d W

D –

1

Turk

ey H

ill

WD

– 1

03

Royal

Road

WD

– 6

S

nyder

Hil

l W

D –

26

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

P

hone

No:

607-8

44

-8888

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Jac

k B

ush

, T

ow

n H

ighw

ay/D

PW

Super

inte

nden

t M

ary A

nn S

um

ner

, T

ow

n S

uper

vis

or

Fax

No:

607-8

44

-8008

Andy S

ciar

abba/

Dav

e P

utn

am

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

8,

2009

E-M

ail:

T

ow

nH

ighw

ay@

dry

den

.ny.u

s

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

N/A

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#:

N/A

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

M

axim

um

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

N/A

T

he

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

curr

entl

y h

as 7

sew

er D

istr

icts

.

Sew

er D

istr

ict

No.

1 s

erves

Mea

dow

lark

Road

, C

ardin

al D

rive

and p

roper

ties

on t

he

east

sid

e of

Sap

suck

er W

oods

Road

an

d r

uns

by g

ravit

y t

o t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a sy

stem

. F

low

s th

en t

ravel

thro

ugh t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a an

d V

illa

ge

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

coll

ecti

on s

yst

ems

to t

he

Vil

lage

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

Was

tew

ater

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt.

The

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

8-i

nch

AC

P p

ipe.

S

ewer

Dis

tric

t N

o.

2 s

erves

the

Var

na

area

and r

uns

by g

ravit

y t

o t

he

Var

na

Pum

p S

tati

on.

This

sta

tion h

as (

2)

535 g

pm

pum

ps

and l

ifts

sew

age

to t

he

join

t C

orn

ell/

Dry

den

18”

tran

smis

sion m

ain o

n R

te 3

66 t

hro

ugh a

6”

cast

iro

n f

orc

e m

ain.

F

low

s th

en t

ravel

thro

ugh t

he

Corn

ell

and C

ity o

f It

hac

a co

llec

tion s

yst

ems

to t

he

Ithac

a A

rea

Was

tew

ater

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt.

The

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

8-i

nch

AC

P p

ipe.

Agre

emen

ts c

urr

entl

y e

xis

t bet

wee

n t

he

Tow

n a

nd C

orn

ell

for

apport

ionin

g o

f ca

pac

ity i

n t

he

join

t 18”

tran

smis

sion m

ain a

nd a

ny u

pgra

des

to t

he

Var

na

Pum

p S

tati

on a

nd F

orc

e M

ain.

T

his

dis

tric

t al

so h

as a

sm

all

pum

p s

tati

on,

whic

h s

erves

Fre

ese

Road

south

of

Fal

l C

reek

and p

um

ps

to t

he

gra

vit

y m

ain

on R

te.

366.

The

Snyder

Hil

l S

ewer

Dis

tric

t se

rves

pro

per

ties

in t

he

Per

egri

ne

Subdiv

isio

n a

nd r

uns

by g

ravit

y t

o t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a sy

stem

. F

low

s th

en t

ravel

thro

ugh t

he

Tow

n a

nd C

ity o

f It

hac

a co

llec

tion s

yst

ems

to t

he

Ithac

a A

rea

Was

tew

ater

T

reat

men

t P

lant.

The

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

8-i

nch

PV

C p

ipe.

T

his

syst

em w

ill

requir

e th

e in

stal

lati

on o

f a

flow

met

er

at t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a li

ne

if t

he

dis

tric

t is

enla

rged

. T

he

Monkey

Run S

ewer

Dis

tric

t se

rves

pro

per

ties

on R

te 3

66 n

ort

h o

f V

arna,

Bar

r R

oad

and A

bbot

Road

. T

he

Monkey

R

un R

oad

are

a ru

ns

by g

ravit

y t

o S

ewer

Dis

tric

t N

o. 2 g

ravit

y s

yst

em a

nd t

he

Var

na

Pum

p S

tati

on a

nd i

s a

com

bin

atio

n

of

10 a

nd 8

-inch

PV

C p

ipe.

The

Han

shaw

Road

(A

rmory

) ar

ea r

uns

by 8

-inch

PV

C g

ravit

y p

ipin

g t

o t

he

Low

er C

reek

R

oad

Pum

p S

tati

on t

hen

is

pum

ped

thro

ugh a

6”

PV

C f

orc

e m

ain t

o t

he

Monkey

Run g

ravit

y s

yst

em o

n R

te 3

66.

APPENDIX B4

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

The

Turk

ey H

ill

Sew

er D

istr

ict

serv

es p

roper

ties

on R

te 3

66, M

ount

Ple

asan

t R

oad

, T

urk

ey H

ill

Road

, O

bse

rvat

ory

Cir

cle,

F

ore

st L

ane

and M

onkey

Run R

oad

. T

he

dis

tric

t ru

ns

by 8

-inch

PV

C g

ravit

y p

ipin

g t

o t

he

Monkey

Run g

ravit

y s

yst

em.

T

he

Royal

Road

Sew

er D

istr

ict

serv

es 6

com

mer

cial

pro

per

ties

on R

oyal

Road

. T

he

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

1-1

/4 t

o

2-i

nch

PE

forc

e m

ain a

nd i

ndiv

idual

pum

p s

tati

ons.

T

he

forc

e m

ain c

onnec

ts t

o t

he

Monkey

Run g

ravit

y s

yst

em t

hat

fl

ow

s to

the

Low

er C

reek

Road

pum

p s

tati

on.

T

he

Cort

land R

oad

Sew

er D

istr

ict

serv

es t

he

area

of

the

Tow

n n

ort

h o

f th

e V

illa

ge

of

Dry

den

incl

udin

g T

C3,

Dry

den

H

S/M

S a

nd t

he

com

mer

cial

pro

per

ties

alo

ng N

ort

h R

oad

. S

ewag

e fl

ow

s by g

ravit

y t

o t

he

Vil

lage

of

Dry

den

and i

s tr

eate

d

at t

he

Vil

lage

of

Dry

den

Was

tew

ater

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt.

The

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

8-i

nch

PV

C p

ipe.

T

his

dis

tric

t al

so

has

a s

mal

l pum

p s

tati

on,

whic

h s

erves

par

t of

Mott

Road

and p

um

ps

to t

he

gra

vit

y n

ear

the

inte

rsec

tion o

f N

ort

h R

oad

. T

he

Van

guar

d p

roper

ty a

dja

cent

to R

te 1

3 i

s an

out-

of-

dis

tric

t use

r. T

his

pro

per

ty g

ravit

y f

eeds

to i

ts o

wn p

um

p s

tati

on

then

sen

ds

sew

age

thro

ugh a

forc

e m

ain a

cross

Rte

13 t

o t

he

Monkey

Run S

ewer

Dis

tric

t.

P

ort

ions

of

the

Wil

liam

Geo

rge

Agen

cy i

n t

he

Tow

n d

isch

arge

sew

age

to t

he

Vil

lage

of

Fre

evil

le c

oll

ecti

on s

yst

em w

hic

h

is t

reat

ed a

t th

e V

illa

ge

of

Fre

evil

le W

aste

wat

er T

reat

men

t P

lant.

The

rem

ainder

of

the

Agen

cies

lan

d i

s on p

rivat

e se

pti

c sy

stem

s.

Appro

xim

atel

y 4

-6 p

roper

ties

alo

ng S

apsu

cker

Woods

Road

are

ser

ved

as

out-

of

dis

tric

t use

rs b

y t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a.

A f

orc

emai

n p

um

ps

sew

age

to t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a sy

stem

.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

: N

/A

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

Ther

e is

som

e unce

rtai

nty

on t

he

avai

labil

ity o

f se

wer

unit

s bet

wee

n t

he

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

and t

he

Vil

lage

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

sin

ce t

he

Kli

ne

Road

bypas

s w

as i

nst

alle

d.

Unti

l th

is i

s re

solv

ed n

o e

xte

nsi

ons

wil

l be

allo

wed

in t

he

area

of

the

Tow

n a

dja

cent

to S

ewer

Dis

tric

t #1.

A

ny e

xte

nsi

ons

that

wil

l ex

ceed

the

pum

pin

g c

apac

ity o

f th

e V

arna

Pum

p S

tati

on w

ill

requir

e upgra

des

to t

he

stat

ion a

s w

ell

as p

oss

ible

upsi

zing o

f th

e C

orn

ell/

Dry

den

Tra

nsm

issi

on m

ain. T

hes

e im

pro

vem

ents

wil

l re

quir

e en

teri

ng i

nto

new

ag

reem

ents

wit

h C

orn

ell.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: N

/A

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

306 T

ota

l (2

12 -

Res

iden

tial

94 -

Co

mm

erci

al)

SD

#1 -

46

SD

#2 –

74

Snyder

Hil

l S

D –

26

Monkey

Run S

D –

18

Turk

ey H

ill

SD

– 1

03

Royal

Road

SD

– 6

C

ort

land R

d S

D -

32

Hal

l R

d (

Out-

of

Dis

tric

t U

ser)

– 1

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

llag

e of

Dry

den

Phone

No:

607-2

80

-1757 (

cell

)

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Ron M

oore

, P

ubli

c W

ork

s S

uper

vis

or

Fax

No:

6

07-8

44

-8120

Rory

Wad

del

l

/ Jo

hn A

nder

sson

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

17,

2009

E-M

ail:

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@D

ryden

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r T

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l S

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r:

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eet

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l house

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lect

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e fo

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fety

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ay S

tree

t an

d L

ake

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wel

l house

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K.

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ee R

oad

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bott

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n c

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el b

uil

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ver

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s outd

ated

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n R

oad

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ete

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as e

rect

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s a

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und l

evel

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k i

n t

he

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, but

now

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buri

ed w

ith e

arth

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ause

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roble

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ated

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er N

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mit

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SA

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eet

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pm

at

Jay;

80 a

nd 8

5 g

pm

at

Lak

e; a

nd 1

20 g

pm

at

South

Str

eet

= 3

65 g

pm

or

0.5

3 M

GD

tota

l.

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

195,0

00gpd

(113,0

00 f

rom

S

outh

St;

80,0

00 f

rom

Jay

, 2,0

00 f

rom

Lak

e R

oad

w

ells

.)

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion

(las

t 12 m

onth

s):

3

90,0

00 g

pd (

Est

imat

ed)

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r

Gro

un

dw

ate

r S

ou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

Dri

lled

wel

ls a

t 3 s

ites

wit

h g

as c

hlo

rinat

ion f

or

dis

infe

ctio

n a

nd A

qua

Pure

125 t

o s

eques

ter

iron a

nd

man

gan

ese,

to 2

tan

ks

float

ing o

n s

yst

em.

S

outh

Str

eet

wel

l pro

vid

es 6

0%

of

the

wat

er, Ja

y

Str

eet

40%

and L

ake

Road

les

s th

an 1

%.

2 t

anks:

0.5

MG

Lee

Road

and 0

.3 M

G F

erguso

n R

d o

n w

ell

zone.

O

ne

oth

er z

one

(wit

h

0.3

5 M

G t

ank)

at T

C3 (

pum

p a

nd t

ank o

wned

by T

C3)

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s, C

om

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

Can

’t m

eet

max

imum

day

flo

w w

ith b

est

wel

l out

of

serv

ice,

but

can e

asil

y m

eet

the

aver

age

flow

.

Lak

e R

oad

wel

ls a

re r

arel

y u

sed d

ue

to h

igh i

ron.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

t W

ork

s:

2000 r

esid

ents

+ T

C3 +

Hig

h S

chool

A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

750

serv

ice

connec

tions

MR

B C

onsu

ltan

ts p

rovid

ed a

n e

ngin

eeri

ng r

eport

to V

illa

ge

Boar

d 1

1/0

9 e

xplo

ring:

repla

cing b

oth

sto

rage

tanks

and r

eloca

ting L

ee R

d t

ank t

o n

ear

Rt1

3 a

nd T

C3, lo

cati

ng a

n

addit

ional

wel

l, r

epla

cing s

om

e 4”

mai

ns,

upgra

din

g S

outh

Str

eet

wel

l house

, ad

din

g

gen

erat

ors

, an

d l

oopin

g t

he

Eas

t M

ain S

t. w

ater

mai

n. E

xis

ting 1

.5”

mai

n s

ervin

g

Pro

per

ties

in t

he

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

Nort

h o

f L

ee R

oad

is

in m

argin

al c

ondit

ion.

L

ee R

oad

res

ervoir

is

in m

argin

al c

ondit

ion (

crac

ked

concr

ete,

anim

al e

ntr

ance

, su

bje

ct t

o

van

dal

s).

Dev

elopm

ent

of

the

area

aro

und F

erguso

n R

oad

tan

k d

epen

ds

on c

onst

ruct

ion o

f a

hig

her

pre

ssure

zone

wit

h p

um

ps

and a

noth

er t

ank.

APPENDIX B5

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Dry

den

P

hone

No:

607-2

80

-1757 (

cell

)

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Ron M

oore

, P

ubli

c W

ork

s S

uper

vis

or

Fax

No:

6

07-8

44

-8120

Rory

Wad

del

l /

John A

nder

sson

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

17,

2009

E-M

ail:

in

fo@

Dry

den

-NY

.org

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

New

tre

atm

ent

pro

cess

wil

l in

corp

ora

te l

ittl

e fr

om

the

exis

ting p

lant

oth

er t

han

exis

ting i

nfl

uen

t pum

pin

g s

tati

on w

hic

h w

ill

be

upgra

ded

and e

xis

ting s

econdar

y

clar

ifie

rs a

nd C

hlo

rine

Conta

ct T

anks.

N

ew m

echan

ical

bar

scr

een a

nd g

rit

faci

liti

es w

ill

be

const

ruct

ed f

oll

ow

ed b

y t

wo S

BR

s. T

he

effl

uen

t w

ill

then

flo

w t

o t

he

seco

ndar

y c

lari

fier

s an

d t

he

CC

Ts

wit

h g

as c

hlo

rinat

ion a

nd d

echlo

rinat

ion p

rior

to d

isch

arge

to t

he

3.5

mil

e outf

all

whic

h p

icks

up t

he

effl

uen

t fr

om

the

Fre

evil

le

WW

TP

on i

ts w

ay t

o F

all

Cre

ek.

The

sludge

wil

l be

trea

ted i

n a

erobic

dig

este

rs p

rior

to d

ewat

erin

g i

n a

bel

t pre

ss.

The

sludge

is c

urr

entl

y d

ewat

ered

in d

ryin

g

bed

s an

d d

ispose

d o

f by l

and a

ppli

cati

on i

n S

teuben

County

.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#N

Y-0

02 9

190:

0.4

mgd (

30 d

ay a

vg.)

– 0

.6 m

gd f

rom

en

d o

f co

nst

ruct

ion o

f upgra

de

+ 2

month

s

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

0.3

1 m

gd (

3 m

onth

s dat

a)

Max

imum

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

0.3

29 m

gd

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

New

pla

nt

to b

e in

stal

led, w

ill

go t

o b

id i

n D

ecem

ber

2009.

Pla

nt

pro

cess

w

ill

be

SB

R b

ased

. T

he

mai

n d

river

beh

ind t

he

new

pla

nt

inst

alla

tion i

s a

new

P l

imit

of

1.0

mg/L

. T

he

new

pla

nt

wil

l in

clude

Fer

ric

Chlo

ride

Dosi

ng t

o c

hem

ical

ly p

reci

pit

ate

P

in a

ddit

ion t

o b

iolo

gic

al P

rem

oval

fro

m t

he

SB

R p

roce

ss.

It i

s ex

pec

ted t

hat

the

new

pla

nt

wil

l be

oper

atio

nal

by t

he

mid

dle

of

2011

The

syst

em h

as 1

pum

pin

g s

tati

on t

hat

ser

ves

6 d

wel

lings.

T

he

rem

ainder

of

the

syst

em i

s gra

vit

y f

ed.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

Curr

ent

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s does

not

mee

t re

quir

emen

ts o

f new

SP

DE

S p

erm

it.

N

ew p

lant

wil

l ad

dre

ss c

urr

ent

def

icie

nci

es.

Ther

e is

a s

ewer

in E

lm S

t th

at i

s under

size

d d

ue

to t

he

rapid

expan

sion o

f T

C3,

oth

er t

han

that

ther

e ar

e no k

now

n l

imit

atio

ns

to e

xte

ndin

g t

he

coll

ecti

on

syst

em.

A T

ow

n S

ewer

Dis

tric

t dis

char

ges

to t

he

Vil

lage

syst

em.

A

ppro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 2

000 r

esid

ents

+ T

C3 +

Hig

h S

chool

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

750 s

ervic

e co

nnec

tions

APPENDIX B6

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Fre

evil

le

Phone

No:

607-8

44

-8301 (

Vil

lage

Hal

l)

607-7

45

-8110 c

ell

for

PB

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Pat

Bre

nnan

, H

ighw

ay S

uper

inte

nden

t

Fax

No:

607-8

44

-4971

Rory

Wad

del

l /

John A

nder

sson

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

12,

2009

E

-Mai

l:

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

Oper

ator

note

d t

hat

ther

e w

as c

urr

entl

y a

round 3

0 i

nch

es o

f sl

udge

on t

he

bas

e of

the

pri

mar

y l

agoon w

hic

h w

as l

ow

in c

om

par

ison t

o w

hat

would

hav

e bee

n

expec

ted. O

per

atio

ns

are

contr

acte

d t

o C

ort

land W

aste

wat

er.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#N

Y-:

0.1

25 m

gd 3

0 d

ay a

vg.

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

0.0

4 m

gd

(May

to O

ctober

2009)

Max

imum

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R

(las

t 12 m

onth

s):

.045 (

May

to O

ctober

2009)

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

Pla

nt

is 2

lag

oons,

one

pri

mar

y l

agoon a

nd t

hen

a s

econdar

y l

agoon d

ivid

ed

into

tw

o b

y a

wei

r ac

ross

the

centr

e of

the

tank.

All

lag

oons

are

aera

ted b

y 3

x

7.5

HP

blo

wer

s only

one

of

whic

h g

ener

ally

oper

ates

. F

oll

ow

ing t

reat

men

t in

the

lagoons

the

effl

uen

t is

chlo

rinat

ed w

ith s

odiu

m

hypoch

lori

te a

nd t

hen

dis

char

ged

to t

he

outf

all

(shar

ed w

ith t

he

Vil

lage

of

Dry

den

) to

Fal

l C

reek

about

2 ½

mil

es a

way

.

Syst

em c

onta

ins

11 p

um

pin

g s

tati

ons

the

mai

n o

ne

is o

n J

ohnso

n R

d.

T

his

sta

tion c

onta

ins

2 x

subm

ersi

ble

sew

age

pum

ps

and d

eliv

ers

the

flow

fro

m t

he

Vil

lage

of

Fre

evil

le.

All

sew

age

from

the

Wil

liam

Geo

rge

Agen

cy f

or

Chil

dre

n’s

Ser

vic

es

flow

s by g

ravit

y t

o t

he

pla

nt.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

N

one

know

n,

but

serv

ice

outs

ide

the

Vil

lage

would

req

uir

e th

e cr

eati

on

of

a T

ow

n s

ewer

dis

tric

t.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: a

ppro

xim

atel

y 7

50 p

eople

,

incl

udin

g a

round 5

00 f

rom

the

Vil

lage

and a

round 2

50 f

rom

the

Wil

liam

Geo

rge

Agen

cy f

or

Chil

dre

n’s

Ser

vic

es.

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

300 E

stim

ated

APPENDIX B7

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Gro

ton

Phone

No:

607-8

98

-3966

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Char

les

Ran

kin

, V

illa

ge

Cle

rk-T

reas

ure

r/ A

dm

inis

trat

or;

C

had

Shurt

leff

, O

per

ator

F

ax N

o:

607-8

98

-4177

Rory

Wad

del

l /

John

Ander

sson

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

17,

2009

E-M

ail:

g

roto

nvil

@gro

tonny.o

rg

cran

kin

55@

gro

tonny.o

rg

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

At

Conger

Blv

d,

two 1

2”

wel

ls i

n f

ence

d a

reas

are

alt

ernat

ed i

n u

se.

A 6

” w

ell

in t

he

buil

din

g i

s not

use

d.

Vil

lage

ow

ns

over

80 a

cres

in M

ort

on W

ork

s ar

ea o

n O

ld S

tage

Road

; gat

ed a

nd p

artl

y f

ence

d.

Gri

t re

moval

buil

din

g i

s fe

nce

d i

n.

Both

tan

ks

appea

r in

good c

ondit

ion,

as d

o t

he

pum

ps

for

the

hig

her

pre

ssure

zone.

G

ener

ator

on s

ite

for

pum

ps.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

: W

SA

#7010 f

or

3 w

ells

at

Conger

Blv

d f

or

up t

o 6

00 g

pm

tota

l; M

ort

on

Work

s (s

pri

ngs

or

infi

ltra

tion g

alle

ries

) up t

o t

hei

r ca

pac

ity,

about

100 g

pm

re

liab

ly,

oft

en 1

40 o

r m

ore

. T

wo C

onger

Wel

ls h

ave

250 g

pm

pum

ps,

a

thir

d w

ell

100 g

pm

= 7

00 g

pm

or

1.0

MG

D.

Inst

alle

d c

apac

ity i

s th

e sa

me.

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion

(las

t 12 m

onth

s):

375,0

00 g

pd

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion

(las

t 12 m

onth

s):

736,0

00 g

pd

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r

Sou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

Mort

on W

ork

s ar

e in

filt

rati

on g

alle

ries

wit

h g

rit

rem

oval

, tr

eate

d w

ith

mic

rofi

ltra

tion a

nd g

as c

hlo

rinat

ion.

Ori

gin

ally

dev

eloped

1920’s

. P

all

Ari

a m

icro

filt

rati

on a

dded

2005.

3 D

rill

ed w

ells

at

Conger

Boule

var

d w

ith g

as c

hlo

rinat

ion f

or

dis

infe

ctio

n

and A

qua

Pure

phosp

hat

e fo

r ir

on/m

angan

ese

seques

trat

ion.

2 t

anks:

0.5

MG

Cla

rk S

tree

t ta

nk s

erves

most

of

Vil

lage

on w

ell

pre

ssure

. 0

.2 M

G E

lm S

reet

tan

k i

n h

igher

pre

ssure

zone

serv

es

east

sid

e of

Vil

lage

(pum

ps

loca

ted a

t C

lark

St)

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

C

lark

St

tank o

ver

flow

nee

ds

impro

vem

ent.

M

ort

on W

ork

s N

itra

te i

s cl

ose

to 5

mg/l

. (l

imit

is

10 m

g/l

).

Mort

on W

ork

s In

filt

rati

on s

yst

em m

anhole

s nee

d l

ock

s.

Would

nee

d d

istr

icts

form

ed o

uts

ide

the

Vil

lage.

S

om

e sm

all

mai

ns

in s

yst

em l

imit

dis

trib

uti

on t

o s

om

e ar

eas.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 2

470 (

2000 c

ensu

s)

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

Appro

xim

atel

y 7

60 c

onnec

tions

APPENDIX B8

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Gro

ton

Phone

No:

607-8

98

-3966

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Char

les

Ran

kin

, V

illa

ge

Cle

rk-T

reas

ure

r/ A

dm

inis

trat

or;

C

had

Shurt

leff

, O

per

ator

Fax

No:

607-8

98

-4177

Rory

Wad

del

l /

John A

nder

sson_

Dat

e:

N

ovem

ber

17,

2009

E

-Mai

l:

gro

tonvil

@gro

tonny.o

rg

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

Exis

ting c

hlo

rine

conta

ct t

ank i

s bei

ng o

per

ated

wit

h a

slu

dge

bla

nket

to a

chie

ve

den

itri

fica

tion,

som

e sl

udge

carr

yover

was

obse

rved

to o

utf

all.

A

fter

the

pla

nt

upgra

de

the

exis

ting C

hlo

rine

gas

/sulp

hur

dio

xid

e gas

for

chlo

rinat

ion/d

echlo

rinat

ion a

nd t

he

exis

ting c

om

munit

or

wil

l re

mai

n.

Flo

w i

s m

easu

red a

t ef

fluen

t fl

um

e.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#N

Y-0

02 5

585:

Curr

entl

y 0

.35 M

GD

wil

l in

crea

se t

o

0.5

mgd (

30 d

ay a

vg)

afte

r co

nst

ruct

ion o

f upgra

des

in

2011

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

0.3

28 m

gd

Max

imum

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

0.4

27 m

gd

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

Pla

nt

is c

urr

entl

y a

n e

xte

nded

aer

atio

n a

ctiv

ated

slu

dge

pla

nt

and w

ill

be

upgra

ded

to a

n S

BR

pla

nt.

T

he

expec

ted d

ate

when

the

upgra

ded

pla

nt

wil

l be

oper

atio

nal

is

Spri

ng 2

011.

T

he

new

pla

nt

wil

l in

corp

ora

te 2

x n

ew S

BR

tan

ks.

T

he

exis

ting a

erat

ion

tanks

wil

l be

conver

ted t

o a

n a

erobic

dig

este

r an

d a

flo

w e

qual

izat

ion b

asin

an

d n

ew d

rum

fil

ters

to b

e in

stal

led f

or

phosp

horu

s re

mo

val

. P

lant

upgra

de

is f

or

new

phosp

horu

s li

mit

and f

or

flow

. P

lant

wil

l hav

e ex

cess

flo

w c

apac

ity w

hen

upgra

de

is c

om

ple

te.

New

slu

dge

dew

ater

ing

faci

liti

es i

ncl

udin

g n

ew s

ludge

scre

w p

ress

wil

l al

so b

e in

stal

led.

The

exis

ting s

ludge

dry

ing b

eds

wil

l be

reta

ined

as

a bac

kup.

Slu

dge

is

dis

pose

d o

f at

Sen

eca

Mea

dow

s L

andfi

ll.

Syst

em i

s al

l gra

vit

y a

nd i

s ar

ound 4

0 y

ears

old

. N

o m

ajor

issu

es o

ther

than

is

sues

due

to t

he

age

of

the

syst

em.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

C

urr

ent

pla

nt

has

bee

n e

xce

edin

g c

apac

ity l

imit

, how

ever

the

flow

s hav

e dro

pped

sin

ce a

loca

l fi

sh f

arm

has

cea

sed o

per

atio

n.

The

curr

ent

flow

s ar

e bel

ow

the

curr

ent

per

mit

and w

ill

be

wel

l bel

ow

the

new

per

mit

val

ue.

No m

ajor

lim

itat

ions.

P

ote

nti

al d

evel

opm

ent

incl

udes

an i

ndust

rial

are

a of

appro

x 6

acr

es o

r th

e re

acti

vat

ion o

f th

e fi

sh f

arm

. S

ervic

e outs

ide

the

Vil

lage

would

req

uir

e cr

eati

on o

f T

ow

n S

ewer

Dis

tric

t.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 2

470 (

2000 c

ensu

s) w

ith a

ppro

x 1

5 r

esid

ence

s not

on s

ewer

A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

Appro

xim

atel

y 6

20 c

onnec

tions

APPENDIX B9

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a P

hone

No:

607-2

73

-1747

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Dan

Wal

ker

, P

E

Fax

No:

607-2

73

-1704

Dav

id H

erri

ck

Dat

e:

Januar

y 6

, 2010

E-M

ail:

dw

alker

@to

wn.i

thac

a.ny.u

s

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

N/A

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

:

N/A

A

ver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N

/A

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

N/A

T

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a is

a s

ingle

, to

wn-w

ide

wat

er d

istr

ict

how

ever

not

all

lands

in t

he

Tow

n p

rese

ntl

y h

ave

acce

ss t

o

munic

ipal

wat

er. T

he

maj

ori

ty o

f T

ow

n c

ust

om

ers

are

suppli

ed t

reat

ed w

ater

fro

m t

he

SC

LIW

C (

Bolt

on P

oin

t).

Lak

e sh

ore

pro

per

ties

alo

ng E

ast

Shore

Dri

ve

and T

aughan

nock

Boule

var

d, to

get

her

wit

h t

he

Ren

wic

k H

eights

nei

ghborh

ood

and s

ever

al p

roper

ties

on T

rum

ansb

urg

Road

nea

r th

e C

ity b

oundar

y a

re s

uppli

ed t

reat

ed w

ater

fro

m t

he

Cit

y o

f It

hac

a.

Ther

e ar

e el

even

Tow

n o

wned

wat

er s

tora

ge

tanks

wit

h a

com

bin

ed v

olu

me

over

4.7

5 M

G. T

he

18-i

nch

and 1

6-i

nch

dia

met

er t

ransm

issi

on m

ains

ow

ned

and o

per

ated

by B

olt

on P

oin

t st

retc

h f

rom

the

Burd

ick H

ill

Sto

rage

Tan

k i

n t

he

Tow

n o

f L

ansi

ng t

o t

he

Pea

rsal

l P

lace

pum

p s

tati

on o

n S

outh

Hil

l. T

ow

n o

wned

tra

nsm

issi

on m

ains

exte

nd f

rom

South

H

ill

thro

ugh t

he

Inle

t V

alle

y t

o W

est

Hil

l w

hic

h l

ink t

he

Tow

n’s

sto

rage

tanks

and d

istr

ibuti

on s

yst

ems

in t

hose

are

as t

o

the

Bolt

on P

oin

t su

pply

. T

he

Tow

n o

f U

lyss

es w

ater

syst

em i

s su

ppli

ed B

olt

on P

oin

t w

ater

thro

ugh t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a W

oolf

Lan

e pum

p s

tati

on. T

he

Tow

n o

f U

lyss

es s

tora

ge

tank o

n V

an D

orn

s C

orn

ers

Road

pro

vid

es d

om

esti

c an

d f

ire

wat

er s

tora

ge

for

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a cu

stom

ers

in t

he

vic

init

y o

f T

rum

ansb

urg

Road

and I

radel

l R

oad

. It

hac

a C

oll

ege

is c

onnec

ted t

o t

he

Tow

n’s

Dan

by R

oad

tan

k z

one

and p

um

ps

Bolt

on P

oin

t w

ater

to i

t’s

indep

enden

tly

ow

ned

and o

per

ated

0.5

MG

sto

rage

tank a

nd c

ampus

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em.

On E

ast

Hil

l, t

he

Tow

n’s

Hunger

ford

Hil

l ta

nk z

one

suppli

es w

ater

to t

he

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

Snyder

Hil

l W

ater

Dis

tric

t.

The

Pin

e T

ree

Road

tan

k z

one

curr

entl

y s

erves

the

Corn

ell

Univ

ersi

ty p

roper

ties

alo

ng P

ine

Tre

e R

oad

incl

udin

g t

he

Eas

t H

ill

Pla

za.

In t

he

Nort

hea

st a

rea,

that

port

ion o

f th

e C

orn

ell

Busi

nes

s an

d T

echnolo

gy P

ark i

n t

he

Vil

lage

of

Lan

sing a

nd s

outh

of

NY

S R

oute

13 i

s co

nnec

ted t

o t

he

Tow

n’s

Sap

suck

er W

oods

tank z

one.

This

tan

k z

one

is a

lso t

he

sourc

e of

supply

for

the

Tow

n o

f D

ryden

Wat

er D

istr

ict

No. 1 (

Var

na

area

).

APPENDIX B10

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

N/A

T

he

dis

trib

uti

on m

ain o

n D

anby R

oad

in t

he

South

Hil

l ar

ea i

s 6-i

nch

dia

met

er b

etw

een W

est

Kin

g R

oad

and t

he

Ithac

are

Fac

ilit

y a

nd i

s not

looped

. T

he

smal

l dia

met

er m

ain l

imit

s av

aila

ble

fir

e fl

ow

alo

ng t

his

str

etch

of

Dan

by R

oad

. T

he

Tow

n

is p

lannin

g t

o r

epla

ce t

he

mai

n w

ith a

t le

ast

8-i

nch

pip

e. A

lso i

n t

he

South

Hil

l ar

ea,

ther

e ar

e lo

w s

tati

c an

d r

esid

ual

pre

ssure

s in

the

South

woods

Subdiv

isio

n o

n E

ast

Kin

g R

oad

whic

h i

s se

rved

by t

he

Tro

y R

oad

tan

k z

one.

Avai

lable

fir

e fl

ow

wit

hin

the

dev

elopm

ent

is l

imit

ed. T

he

Tow

n i

s pre

sentl

y e

val

uat

ing w

hat

syst

em i

mpro

vem

ents

to i

mple

men

t to

en

han

ce f

ire

pro

tect

ion.

The

Pin

e T

ree

Road

tan

k z

one

incl

udes

a l

ength

of

6-i

nch

dia

met

er p

ipe

bet

wee

n S

nyder

Hil

l R

oad

and E

llis

Holl

ow

R

oad

that

lim

its

the

avai

lable

fir

e fl

ow

to t

he

com

mer

cial

and h

igh d

ensi

ty r

esid

enti

al p

roper

ties

surr

oundin

g t

he

Eas

t H

ill

Pla

za. T

he

rece

nt

const

ruct

ion o

f th

e B

olt

on P

oin

t E

ast

Hil

l T

ank o

n H

unger

ford

Hil

l af

ford

s an

opport

unit

y t

o c

reat

e a

new

hig

her

pre

ssure

zone

for

thes

e cu

stom

ers

and s

hould

be

consi

der

ed f

or

any s

ubse

quen

t dev

elopm

ents

. T

he

Dis

trib

uti

on m

ain o

n E

ast

Shore

dri

ve

is o

ld 6

-inch

cas

t ir

on p

ipe

and i

s a

linea

r sy

stem

. T

he

smal

l dia

met

er l

ine

lim

its

fire

flo

w a

nd t

he

frag

ilit

y o

f th

e old

pip

e li

mit

s th

e am

ount

of

pre

ssure

and h

ydra

uli

c su

rges

that

the

pip

e ca

n

han

dle

. B

ecau

se o

f th

e li

mit

atio

ns

of

the

pip

e th

e T

ow

n i

s cu

rren

tly s

upply

ing t

he

area

fro

m t

he

Cit

y o

f It

hac

a gra

vit

y

syst

em.

The

Tow

n h

as p

repar

ed p

lans

to r

epla

ce t

he

wat

er m

ain w

ith a

12-i

nch

pip

e w

hic

h w

ill

allo

w t

he

mai

n t

o b

e co

nnec

ted t

o t

he

Rem

ingto

n R

oad

wat

er m

ain w

hic

h i

s su

ppli

ed f

rom

the

Vil

lage

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em

whic

h i

s par

t of

the

Bolt

on P

oin

t sy

stem

. T

his

wil

l pro

vid

e ad

equat

e pre

ssure

and f

ire

flow

. T

he

12-i

nch

mai

n h

as b

een

size

d t

o p

rovid

e fo

r fu

ture

supply

nee

ds

if i

t is

exte

nded

to t

he

Bolt

on P

oin

t w

ater

pla

nt

in t

he

futu

re.

A

ppro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: N

/A

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

3200

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a P

hone

No:

607-2

73

-1747

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Dan

Wal

ker

, P

E

Fax

No:

607-2

73

-1704

Dav

id H

erri

ck

Dat

e:

Januar

y 6

, 2010

E-M

ail:

dw

alker

@to

wn.i

thac

a.ny.u

s

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

N/A

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#:

N/A

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

M

axim

um

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

N/A

T

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a is

a s

ingle

, to

wn-w

ide

sew

er d

istr

ict

how

ever

not

all

lands

in t

he

Tow

n p

rese

ntl

y h

ave

acce

ss t

o

munic

ipal

sew

er. T

her

e ar

e si

x d

isti

nct

geo

gra

phic

ser

vic

e ar

eas:

The

Wes

t H

ill

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em s

erves

pro

per

ties

on a

nd a

dja

cent

to T

rum

ansb

urg

Road

, M

eckle

nburg

Road

, W

est

Hav

en

Road

and E

lm S

tree

t. T

he

sew

er m

ains

along t

hes

e hig

hw

ay c

orr

idors

connec

t to

join

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

pip

es i

n t

he

Cit

y.

The

thre

e in

terc

epto

rs c

onver

ge

nea

r th

e B

uff

alo S

tree

t bri

dge

at t

he

Flo

od R

elie

f C

han

nel

. A

com

bin

atio

n o

f gra

vit

y

and l

ow

pre

ssure

(si

phon)

pip

ing c

onvey

flo

w o

ver

and u

nder

the

Chan

nel

, re

spec

tivel

y.

Lak

e fr

ont

par

cels

alo

ng

Tau

ghan

nock

Boule

var

d f

rom

the

Cit

y b

oundar

y t

o t

he

Uly

sses

(T

) bord

er a

re a

lso s

erved

by a

Tow

n s

ewer

mai

n.

The

Tau

ghan

nock

Boule

var

d m

ain c

onnec

ts t

o a

join

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

pip

e an

d p

um

p s

tati

on i

n C

ass

Par

k.

A f

orc

e m

ain

from

the

pum

p s

tati

on e

xte

nds

ben

eath

the

Cay

uga

Inle

t to

Pie

r R

oad

. T

he

Inle

t V

alle

y s

yst

em e

xte

nds

from

a j

oin

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

on F

lora

l A

ven

ue

and s

erves

par

cels

alo

ng F

ive

Mil

e D

rive,

Elm

ira

Road

and N

YS

Route

327.

A s

iphon b

enea

th t

he

Flo

od R

elie

f C

han

nel

dis

char

ges

to a

pum

p s

tati

on i

n t

he

Cher

ry S

tree

t in

dust

rial

par

k.

Ther

e ar

e no k

now

n c

apac

ity i

ssues

in t

he

coll

ecti

on m

ains

and s

iphon.

Sew

er m

ains

thro

ughout

the

South

Hil

l nei

ghborh

oods

conver

ge

at j

oin

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tors

in t

he

Cit

y o

n A

uro

ra S

tree

t,

Hudso

n S

tree

t an

d C

resc

ent

Pla

ce.

The

Dan

by R

oad

corr

idor

serv

es t

he

maj

ori

ty o

f th

e It

hac

a C

oll

eges

fac

ilit

ies,

the

South

Hil

l B

usi

nes

s C

ampus

and t

he

com

mer

cial

use

s in

the

vic

init

y o

f th

e W

est

Kin

g R

oad

inte

rsec

tion.

Pip

e ca

pac

itie

s ar

e re

port

edly

adeq

uat

e fo

r pre

sent

and f

utu

re d

isch

arges

. C

ust

om

ary r

epla

cem

ent

of

agin

g p

ipe

is c

urr

entl

y b

eing

consi

der

ed. T

he

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em a

long C

oddin

gto

n R

oad

ser

ves

a l

imit

ed n

um

ber

of

resi

den

tial

cust

om

ers

bet

wee

n t

he

Cit

y b

oundar

y a

nd W

est

Nort

hvie

w R

oad

. T

her

m a

nd t

he

resi

den

tial

nei

ghborh

oods

in t

he

vic

init

y o

f P

ennsy

lvan

ia

Aven

ue,

Nort

hvie

w R

oad

, T

roy R

oad

and E

ast

Kin

g R

oad

(S

outh

woods

and D

eer

Run d

evel

opm

ents

) co

nnec

t to

the

inte

rcep

tor

at C

resc

ent

Pla

ce.

APPENDIX B11

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

The

Eas

t H

ill

syst

em i

ncl

udes

exte

nsi

ons

of

join

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tors

on E

ast

Sta

te S

tree

t/S

late

rvil

le R

oad

fro

m t

he

Cit

y

boundar

y t

o B

urn

s R

oad

and o

n M

itch

ell

Str

eet

from

the

Cit

y b

oundar

y t

o S

um

mer

hil

l L

ane.

Coll

ecti

on p

ipes

ser

vin

g

resi

den

tial

and i

nst

ituti

onal

use

s on P

ine

Tre

e R

oad

, H

onnes

s L

ane,

Snyder

Hil

l R

oad

and t

he

Eas

tern

Hei

ghts

nei

ghborh

ood c

onnec

t to

the

Sla

terv

ille

Road

inte

rcep

tor.

Com

mer

cial

and h

igh d

ensi

ty r

esid

enti

al p

roper

ties

surr

oundin

g

the

Eas

t H

ill

Pla

za d

isch

arge

thro

ugh t

he

Mit

chel

l S

tree

t in

terc

epto

r.

The

Nort

hea

st s

yst

em b

asic

ally

incl

udes

the

Tow

n’s

sew

er i

nfr

astr

uct

ure

in t

he

vic

init

y o

f th

e W

arre

n R

oad

and H

ansh

aw

Road

corr

idors

nort

h o

f th

e C

orn

ell

Univ

ersi

ty C

ampus.

Sew

age

from

the

resi

den

tial

and i

nst

ituti

onal

pro

per

ties

is

ult

imat

ely d

isch

arged

into

the

Vil

lage

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em a

nd t

reat

ed a

t th

e V

illa

ge

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

W

aste

wat

er T

reat

men

t P

lant.

T

he

Lak

e S

tree

t sy

stem

incl

udes

gra

vit

y c

oll

ecti

on m

ains

along L

ake

Str

eet

and t

hro

ughout

the

Ren

wic

k H

eights

nei

ghborh

ood w

hic

h e

xte

nd f

rom

a j

oin

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

at t

he

Ithac

a H

igh S

chool.

The

Eas

t S

hore

Dri

ve

pro

per

ties

, in

cludin

g a

few

Cit

y p

arce

ls a

dja

cent

to S

tew

art

Par

k,

dra

in t

o a

join

tly o

wned

pum

p s

tati

on w

hic

h l

ifts

sew

age

to t

he

Lak

e S

tree

t m

ain.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

N/A

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

Ther

e ar

e occ

asio

nal

wet

wea

ther

cap

acit

y p

roble

ms

wit

h t

he

join

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

mai

ns

that

ser

ve

the

Wes

t H

ill

and

Eas

t H

ill

coll

ecti

on s

yst

ems.

The

exis

ting s

iphon u

nder

the

Flo

od C

ontr

ol

Chan

nel

at

Buff

alo S

tree

t, w

hic

h s

erves

the

Tow

n’s

coll

ecti

on s

yst

ems

on T

rum

ansb

urg

Road

and E

lm S

tree

t, i

s fl

ow

lim

ited

when

hig

h r

ates

of

infi

ltra

tion a

nd i

nfl

ow

su

rchar

ge

the

inte

rcep

tor

pip

es o

n I

nle

t Is

land. C

onst

ruct

ion o

f a

new

inte

rcep

tor

in t

he

Tow

n c

onnec

ting t

he

mai

ns

on

Tru

man

sburg

Road

and T

aughan

nock

Boule

var

d t

o a

new

pum

p s

tati

on a

nd f

orc

e m

ain o

pposi

te T

hir

d S

tree

t E

xte

nsi

on i

s a

poss

ible

long-t

erm

solu

tion b

eing c

onsi

der

ed.

On E

ast

Hil

l, s

egm

ents

of

join

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tors

wit

hin

the

Cit

y o

n E

ast

Sta

te S

tree

t an

d b

elow

Val

enti

ne

Pla

ce c

an b

e fl

ow

lim

ited

when

hig

h r

ates

of

infl

ow

and i

nfi

ltra

tion e

xce

ed p

ipe

capac

itie

s. W

hil

e th

e C

ity a

nd T

ow

n a

re a

war

e of

the

condit

ions

ther

e ar

e no i

mm

edia

te p

lans

to r

epla

ce o

r au

gm

ent

the

capac

ity o

f th

e ex

isti

ng p

ipes

.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 8

,000

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

3,2

19

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f L

ansi

ng

Phone

No:

6

07-5

33

-8896

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Sco

tt P

inney

, S

uper

vis

or;

Bud S

hat

tuck

, C

ounci

lman

; Je

ff

Over

stro

m,

Engin

eer

and P

lannin

g

Fax

No:

6

07-5

33

-3507

Dav

id H

erri

ck

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

23,

2009

E-M

ail:

as

p243@

twcn

y.r

r.co

m

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r: S

ourc

e of

supply

is

SC

LIW

C.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

:

N/A

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N

/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r

Sou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

NA

T

he

conti

guous

Tow

n d

istr

ibuti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

4 w

ater

sto

rage

tanks

that

fee

d m

ore

than

10 i

ndiv

idual

pre

ssure

zones

. T

wo a

ddit

ional

iso

late

d e

xte

nsi

ons

from

adja

cent

nei

ghbori

ng m

unic

ipal

itie

s (T

ow

n o

f It

hac

a an

d V

illa

ge

of

Lan

sing)

exis

t al

ong E

. S

hore

Dri

ve.

Ther

e ar

e al

so t

wo b

oost

er s

tati

on s

yst

ems

that

ser

ve

a li

mit

ed n

um

ber

of

resi

den

tial

connec

tions

wher

e gra

vit

y d

istr

ibuti

on i

s pre

sentl

y n

ot

avai

lable

at

hig

her

gro

und e

levat

ions.

The

Tow

n h

as p

revio

usl

y c

om

bin

ed i

ndiv

idual

dis

tric

ts t

o f

orm

a s

ingle

ben

efit

are

a know

n a

s th

e C

onso

lidat

ed W

ater

Dis

tric

t. T

her

e hav

e bee

n 2

rec

ent

exte

nsi

ons

of

the

CW

D o

n L

ansi

ng S

tati

on R

oad

and D

rake

Road

. V

illa

ge

Cir

cle

Tan

k a

nd B

ean H

ill

Tan

k –

The

com

bin

ed s

tora

ge

volu

me

of

thes

e tw

o c

om

pan

ion t

anks

is 1

.35 M

G.

Both

ta

nks

are

suppli

ed b

y t

he

Burd

ick H

ill

Pum

p S

tati

on w

hic

h h

as a

dir

ect

connec

tion t

o t

he

SC

LIW

C t

ransm

issi

on s

yst

em.

The

dis

trib

uti

on p

ipin

g i

s at

lea

st 8

inch

dia

met

er t

hro

ughout

that

port

ion o

f th

e S

outh

Lan

sing a

rea

serv

ed b

y t

hes

e ta

nks.

The

pip

e net

work

is

fair

ly w

ell

looped

bet

wee

n C

her

ry R

oad

, N

ort

h T

ripham

mer

Road

, P

eruvil

le R

oad

and W

arre

n R

oad

.

Wil

son R

oad

Tan

k –

Suppli

ed b

y t

he

Vil

lage

Cir

cle/

Bea

n H

ill

gri

d,

the

0.2

MG

tan

k p

rovid

es s

ervic

e to

the

Lan

sing C

entr

al

Sch

ool

Dis

tric

t an

d s

urr

oundin

g r

esid

enti

al n

eighborh

oods

in L

udlo

wvil

le a

nd M

yer

s P

ark.

Em

mons

Road

Tan

k –

Suppli

ed b

y t

he

Pin

e G

rove

Pum

p S

tati

on i

n L

udlo

wvil

le, th

is 0

.25 M

G t

ank p

rovid

es v

olu

me

and

pre

ssure

for

lands

bet

wee

n L

udlo

wvil

le R

oad

and M

illi

ken

Sta

tion R

oad

alo

ng t

he

Rid

ge

Road

(N

YS

Route

34)

corr

idor.

APPENDIX B12

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

NA

T

he

hig

her

gro

und e

levat

ions

in t

he

vic

init

y o

f th

e B

ean H

ill

Tan

k (

Gra

ndvie

w D

rive)

and V

illa

ge

Cir

cle

Tan

k (

east

of

War

ren

Road

) re

sult

in l

ow

er s

upply

pre

ssure

for

adja

cent

cust

om

ers.

Munic

ipal

or

indiv

idual

boost

er p

um

ps

hav

e bee

n n

eeded

to

augm

ent

serv

ice.

The

crea

tion o

f a

hig

her

pre

ssure

zone

along t

he

east

boundar

y o

f th

e T

ow

n i

s bei

ng c

onsi

der

ed.

Cap

acit

y i

n

the

Burd

ick H

ill

Pum

p S

tati

on w

ill

hav

e to

be

incr

ease

d a

s m

ore

connec

tions

wit

hin

the

CW

D a

re a

dded

. U

tili

zing t

he

SC

LIW

C

Burd

ick H

ill

Tan

k f

or

supply

ing m

ore

of

the

Tow

n’s

pre

ssure

zones

wil

l re

duce

dem

and a

nd e

lect

rica

l co

nsu

mpti

on a

t th

e B

urd

ick H

ill

Pum

p S

tati

on. N

ew p

ipin

g m

ust

be

inst

alle

d i

n t

he

vic

init

y o

f D

rake

Road

and A

twat

er R

oad

to f

acil

itat

e th

is

impro

vem

ent.

A

ppro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 3

,670

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

1,4

33

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f L

ansi

ng

Phone

No:

6

07-5

33

-8896

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Sco

tt P

inney

, S

uper

vis

or;

Bud S

hat

tuck

, C

ounci

lman

; Je

ff

Over

storm

, E

ngin

eer

and P

lannin

g

Fax

No:

6

07-5

33

-3507

Dav

id H

erri

ck

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

23,

2009

E-M

ail:

as

p243@

twcn

y.r

r.co

m

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r: N

/A –

Sew

age

from

the

Tow

n’s

Cher

ry R

oad

Sew

er D

istr

ict

is t

reat

ed a

t th

e V

illa

ge

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

WT

P.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#:

N/A

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

M

axim

um

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: N

/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

Only

a s

mal

l ar

ea o

f th

e T

ow

n,

know

n a

s th

e C

her

ry R

oad

Sew

er D

istr

ict,

curr

entl

y h

as s

ewer

ser

vic

e. T

he

Borg

-War

ner

pla

nt

on W

arre

n R

oad

and r

esid

enti

al s

ubdiv

isio

ns

on H

ori

zon D

rive

are

conn

ecte

d w

ith 8

inch

m

ains

to t

he

Vil

lage

of

Lan

sing c

oll

ecti

on s

yst

em o

n B

ush

Lan

e.

The

War

ren R

oad

Sew

er D

istr

ict

was

rec

entl

y e

stab

lish

ed t

o f

acil

itat

e ex

tendin

g s

ewer

ser

vic

e to

in

stit

uti

onal

, co

mm

erci

al a

nd m

ult

ifam

ily p

roper

ties

alo

ng C

her

ry R

oad

, W

arre

n R

oad

, D

utc

h M

ill

Road

and

Far

rell

Road

. C

onst

ruct

ion w

ill

beg

in i

n 2

010.

The

new

mai

n w

ill

connec

t to

the

exis

ting T

ow

n s

yst

em o

n

Hori

zon D

rive.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce

Pro

ble

ms,

Com

pla

ints

: N

/A

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

Ther

e is

no s

ewer

syst

em i

n t

he

Vil

lage

of

Lan

sing w

est

of

N. T

ripham

mer

Road

and n

ort

h o

f O

akcr

est

Road

. F

urt

her

ex

tensi

ons

of

coll

ecti

on m

ains

in t

he

south

end o

f th

e T

ow

n w

ill

nec

essi

tate

const

ruct

ion o

f tr

ansm

issi

on m

ains

and

inte

rcep

tor

sew

ers

thro

ugh t

he

Vil

lage.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 1

45

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

62

APPENDIX B13

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Lan

sing

Phone

No:

6

07-2

57

-0424 x

3

In

terv

iew

ed b

y:

Conta

ct:

Don H

arti

ll, M

ayor;

John C

ourt

ney

, S

uper

inte

nden

t of

PW

; B

en

Curt

is,

Code

Enfo

rcem

ent

Off

icer

F

ax N

o:

6

07-2

57

-0226

Andy S

ciar

abba/

Dav

e P

utn

am

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

22/2

8,

2009

E-M

ail:

dpw

@vla

nsi

ng.o

rg

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r: N

/A-

Supply

is

from

SC

LIW

C.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

:

N/A

A

ver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N

/A

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

:

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

T

he

Vil

lage

is s

erved

by g

ravit

y f

rom

4 t

ank p

ress

ure

zo

nes

and

sev

eral

sm

alle

r ar

eas

wit

hin

thes

e zo

nes

are

ser

ved

by p

ress

ure

re

duci

ng s

tati

ons.

T

he

Vil

lage

Cir

cle

Tan

k i

s a

1,0

00

,00

0 g

allo

n t

ank o

wn

ed b

y t

he

To

wn o

f L

ansi

ng.

This

tan

k s

erves

the

area

eas

t o

f W

arre

n R

oad

no

rth o

f N

YS

Ro

ute

13

wit

h 8

, 1

0 a

nd

12

-inch

cas

t o

r d

uct

ile

iro

n p

ipe.

T

he

Sap

suck

er W

oo

ds

Tan

k i

s a

50

0,0

00 g

allo

n t

ank o

wned

by t

he

To

wn o

f It

hac

a. T

his

tan

k s

erves

the

area

eas

t o

f W

arre

n R

oad

so

uth

of

NY

S R

oute

13

wit

h 8

and

12

-inch

cas

t o

r d

uct

ile

iro

n p

ipe.

T

he

Air

po

rt G

round

Tan

k i

s a

50

0,0

00

gal

lon t

ank o

wn

ed b

y t

he

Vil

lage

of

Lan

sing.

This

tan

k s

erves

the

area

eas

t o

f N

ort

h

Tri

pham

mer

Ro

ad t

o W

arre

n R

oad

and

the

Sho

ps

at I

thac

a M

all

wit

h 8

and

12

-inch

cas

t o

r d

uct

ile

iro

n p

ipe.

T

he

Burd

ick H

ill

Tan

k i

s a

1,5

00

,000

gal

lon t

ank o

wned

by t

he

SC

LIW

C.

This

tan

k w

ill

serv

e th

e b

alan

ce o

f th

e V

illa

ge.

H

alf

of

this

are

a is

fed

by g

ravit

y a

nd

hal

f b

y a

PR

V s

tati

on w

ith 8

-inch

cas

t o

r d

uct

ile

iro

n p

ipe.

T

his

are

a o

f th

e V

illa

ge

use

d t

o b

e se

rved

by t

he

Oak

cres

t T

ank w

hic

h w

as r

emo

ved

fro

m s

erv

ice

on 2

/9/1

0 a

nd

the

Vil

lage

wil

l sh

are

the

cost

of

the

con

stru

ctio

n o

f th

e B

urd

ick H

ill

sist

er T

ank w

ith t

he

SC

LIW

C a

s a

rep

lace

men

t.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

: N

/A

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

Ther

e ar

e no

kno

wn l

imit

atio

ns

wit

h t

he

exis

tin

g s

yst

em.

Ho

wev

er t

he

Vil

lage

has

bee

n e

xp

erie

nci

ng p

rob

lem

s w

ith n

um

ero

us

mai

n b

reak

s in

the

pip

ing a

lon

g C

ayu

ga

Hei

ghts

Ro

ad,

No

rth T

rip

ham

mer

and

Burd

ick H

ill

Ro

ads.

Ther

e ar

e al

so a

co

up

le o

f ar

eas

that

wo

uld

ben

efit

ed b

y l

oo

pin

g o

f ex

isti

ng p

ipes

. A

bo

ut

hal

f o

f th

e N

ort

h T

rip

ham

mer

pip

ing w

as r

epla

ced

when

the

road

was

rec

onst

ruct

ed a

nd

th

e V

illa

ge

is l

oo

kin

g i

nto

rep

laci

ng t

he

rem

aind

er.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 3

500 E

stim

ated

A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

683

APPENDIX B14

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Lan

sing

Phone

No:

6

07-2

57

-0424 x

3

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Don H

arti

ll, M

ayor;

John C

ourt

ney

, S

uper

inte

nden

t of

PW

; B

en

Curt

is,

Code

Enfo

rcem

ent

Off

icer

F

ax N

o:

6

07-2

57

-0226

Andy S

ciar

abba/

Dav

e P

utn

am

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

22 a

nd 2

8,

2009

E-M

ail:

dpw

@vla

nsi

ng.o

rg

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r: N

/A -

Flo

ws

are

coll

ecte

d a

nd t

reat

ed a

t th

e vil

lage

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

WW

TP

.

Rate

d C

ap

aci

ty p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#:

N/A

Aver

age

Day F

low

fro

m D

MR

(la

st 1

2 m

on

ths)

: N

/A

Maxim

um

30-d

ay F

low

fro

m D

MR

(la

st

12 m

on

ths)

: N

/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

N/A

O

nly

a p

ort

ion o

f th

e V

illa

ge

of

Lan

sing h

as s

ewer

ser

vic

e, w

hic

h c

an g

ener

ally

be

des

crib

ed a

s th

e so

uth

eas

t 2/3

’s o

f th

e vil

lage

and a

ll o

f th

e ar

ea o

f th

e V

illa

ge

south

of

Route

13.

The

Vil

lage

sanit

ary s

ewer

syst

em s

outh

of

NY

S R

oute

13 i

s an

exte

nsi

on o

f th

e m

ains

in t

he

Vil

lage

of

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

. T

her

e ar

e tw

o c

onnec

tions

to t

he

VC

H s

yst

em;

the

corn

er o

f U

pto

wn R

oad

and B

url

eigh D

rive

and t

he

inte

rsec

tion o

f B

erksh

ire

and H

ighgat

e R

oad

s.

Sew

ers

that

wer

e in

stal

led p

rior

to t

he

form

atio

n o

f th

e V

illa

ge

in 1

974 a

re m

ainly

8-i

nch

AC

P a

nd a

re g

ener

ally

loca

ted

nort

h o

f R

oute

13 i

n t

he

vic

init

y o

f N

. T

ripham

mer

Road

, G

raham

Road

, D

art

Dri

ve

and W

arre

n R

oad

alo

ng w

ith t

he

sew

ers

wes

t of

War

ren R

oad

and s

outh

of

Route

13.

More

rec

ent

re-c

onst

ruct

ion a

nd e

xte

nsi

ons

wit

hin

this

are

a hav

e bee

n

wit

h 8

-inch

PV

C p

ipe.

The

rem

ainder

of

the

sew

ered

port

ion o

f th

e V

illa

ge

along C

edar

Lan

e, B

ecket

t W

ay,

Oak

cres

t R

oad

and B

ush

Lan

e co

nsi

sts

of

8 t

o15-i

nch

AB

S T

russ

pip

e in

stal

led i

n 1

982.

The

15-i

nch

inte

rcep

tor

pip

e co

nnec

ts t

o t

he

inle

t si

de

of

the

VC

HW

TP

. T

he

Tow

n o

f L

ansi

ng f

urt

her

exte

nds

this

syst

em n

ort

h f

rom

tw

o c

onnec

tions

on B

ush

Lan

e. A

rec

ent

pip

e ca

pac

ity a

nal

ysi

s on t

his

sec

tion o

f th

e V

illa

ge

syst

em i

ndic

ates

that

exte

nsi

on o

f se

wer

ser

vic

e to

the

Tow

n o

f L

ansi

ng

(War

ren R

oad

Sew

er D

istr

ict)

can

be

acco

mm

odat

ed i

n a

ddit

ion t

o t

he

his

tori

cal

incr

ease

s in

flo

w w

ithin

the

Vil

lage’

s se

rvic

e ar

ea.

Exte

nsi

ons

of

the

1982 s

ewer

syst

em w

ithin

the

Vil

lage

are

gen

eral

ly P

VC

pip

e.

APPENDIX B15

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

NA

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

No s

ecti

ons

hav

e bee

n i

den

tifi

ed a

s hav

ing c

apac

ity i

ssues

. E

xpan

sion o

f se

wer

ser

vic

e in

to t

he

nort

hw

est

port

ion o

f th

e V

illa

ge

would

req

uir

e ex

tendin

g t

he

15-i

nch

tra

nsm

issi

on m

ain a

consi

der

able

dis

tance

and p

oss

ibly

tri

gger

upgra

des

to

the

VC

HW

TP

or

addit

ional

flo

w d

iver

sions

to I

AW

TF

.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 3

000 E

stim

ated

A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

561

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f N

ewfi

eld

Phone

No:

6

07-3

27

-1751

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Rob B

rew

er -

Wat

er S

uper

inte

nden

t F

ax N

o:

6

07-5

64

-7329

Andy S

ciar

abba

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

19,

2009

E-M

ail:

r

bre

wer

275@

aol.

com

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

Tow

n s

upply

is

from

4 w

ells

. T

he

Arm

stro

ng w

ell

is a

6”

wel

l ap

pro

xim

atel

y 1

63’

dee

p c

apab

le o

f del

iver

ing 9

0 g

pm

. T

he

two o

rigin

al P

ine

Cir

cle

Wel

ls a

re 8

” w

ells

ap

pro

xim

atel

y 1

00’

dee

p c

apab

le o

f del

iver

ing 1

80 g

pm

eac

h.

The

thir

d P

ine

Cir

cle

Wel

l is

an 8

” w

ell

appro

xim

atel

y 1

34’

dee

p c

apab

le o

f del

iver

ing 5

5 g

pm

.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

#:

WS

A #

5,5

25(1

968)

200 g

pm

W

SA

# 1

0,7

11 (

2005)

200 g

pm

and 3

00,0

00 g

pd

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

157,0

00 g

pd (

Jan-O

ct 2

009)

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

195,0

00 g

pd

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

Gro

undw

ater

qual

ity a

nd l

evel

hav

e re

mai

ned

co

nsi

sten

t over

the

last

35 y

ears

. L

iquid

chlo

rine

is

inje

cted

for

dis

infe

ctio

n a

nd t

o m

ainta

in

appro

pri

ate

resi

dual

lev

els

in t

he

dis

trib

uti

on

syst

em.

Aquap

ure

(a

seques

teri

ng a

gen

t) i

s bei

ng

inje

cted

at

the

Pin

e C

ircl

e W

ells

for

contr

oll

ing

iron a

nd m

angan

ese.

The

Tow

n o

f N

ewfi

eld c

urr

entl

y h

as 3

wat

er D

istr

icts

. W

ater

Dis

tric

t N

o. 1 s

erves

the

Mai

n S

tree

t ar

ea o

f th

e T

ow

n. T

his

Dis

tric

t is

fed

off

the

200,0

00 g

allo

n T

rum

bull

Corn

ers

Tan

k.

The

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

6-

inch

AC

P p

ipe.

W

ater

Dis

tric

t N

o. 2 s

erves

the

Inle

t V

alle

y A

rea

on N

YS

Rte

34 &

96.

This

fac

ilit

y i

s fe

d o

ff t

wo t

anks.

T

he

Mai

n S

tree

t T

ank i

s a

150,0

00 g

allo

n t

ransf

er t

ank w

hic

h f

ills

the

300,0

00 g

allo

n S

hel

ter

Val

ley T

ank w

hic

h

suppli

es t

he

Dis

tric

t. T

he

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em i

ncl

udes

10 a

nd 8

-inch

pip

e.

The

Fra

ndse

n W

ater

Dis

tric

t se

rves

2 l

ots

alo

ng N

YS

Rte

13 j

ust

nort

h o

f th

e in

ters

ecti

on o

f S

outh

Mai

n S

tree

t an

d R

te 1

3. T

his

dis

tric

t is

fed

off

the

200,0

00 g

allo

n T

rum

bull

Corn

ers

Tan

k.

The

Dis

tric

t w

ill

tap i

n t

o t

he

8-

inch

mai

n i

nst

alle

d a

s par

t of

WD

#2 a

nd s

erve

144 a

fford

able

-housi

ng u

nit

s an

d a

n e

xis

ting r

esid

ence

.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s, C

om

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

N

one

note

d.

WD

#1 a

nd t

he

Fra

ndse

n W

D a

re s

erved

only

by t

he

Tru

mbull

Corn

ers

Tan

k.

Ther

e is

no r

edundan

cy f

or

the

Tru

mbull

Corn

ers

Tan

k s

o i

f th

e T

ank i

s out

of

serv

ice

ther

e w

ill

be

no w

ater

to e

ither

Dis

tric

t.

Exte

nsi

on o

f w

ater

to p

roper

ties

at

hig

her

ele

vat

ions

wil

l re

quir

e a

hig

her

tan

k g

rid t

o p

rovid

e se

rvic

e. P

ipin

g i

n W

D#1 i

s 6-

inch

and a

gin

g.

Port

ions

of

the

syst

em m

ay n

eed r

epla

cem

ent

in t

he

nex

t 10-1

5 y

ears

. C

urr

ent

fire

flo

ws

are

adeq

uat

e but

futu

re f

low

s m

ay b

e li

mit

ed b

y p

ipe

size

.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 1

815 c

urr

ent

wit

hout

Fra

ndse

n.

Futu

re W

D#1 –

1130,

WD

#2 –

1130,

Fra

ndse

n W

D –

148

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

W

D#1 –

345,

WD

#2 –

66,

Fra

ndse

n W

D –

3

APPENDIX B16

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f N

ewfi

eld

Phone

No:

607-3

27

-1751

I

nte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Rob B

rew

er -

Wat

er S

uper

inte

nden

t F

ax N

o:

6

07-5

64

-7329

Rory

Wad

del

l, A

ndy S

ciar

abba

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

19,

2009

E-M

ail:

r

bre

wer

275@

aol.

com

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#N

Y0110752:

0.0

3 m

gd (

30 d

ay a

ver

age)

Aver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

.04 m

gd f

rom

Novem

ber

08 t

o M

ay 0

9 (

DM

Rs

ever

y 6

month

s)

Max

imum

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

.0

4 m

gd

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

The

trea

tmen

t w

ork

s co

nsi

sts

of

2 x

5,7

00 g

allo

n s

ettl

ing t

anks

whic

h d

isch

arge

into

anoth

er 5

,700 g

allo

n t

ank.

Ther

e ar

e 2 x

7.5

HP

pum

ps

that

tra

nsf

er t

he

effl

uen

t to

4 x

abso

rpti

on f

ield

s fo

r dis

trib

uti

on.

The

dis

trib

uti

on b

etw

een t

he

fiel

ds

is c

ontr

oll

ed b

y b

all

val

ves

. I

t is

auto

mat

ical

ly c

ontr

oll

ed b

ased

on t

he

pum

p s

tart

tim

e an

d a

lter

nat

es b

etw

een t

he

fiel

ds.

T

he

pum

ps

are

Fly

gt

3127.1

80.

The

wel

l em

pti

es i

n a

bout

4.5

min

ute

s an

d i

f th

e pum

ps

fail

the

effl

uen

t w

ill

over

flow

and f

low

by g

ravit

y i

nto

the

fiel

ds.

T

her

e is

spac

e av

aila

ble

on s

ite

to a

dd a

n a

ddit

ional

2-4

fie

lds.

The

coll

ecti

on s

yst

ems

hav

e bee

n r

ecen

tly c

hec

ked

and m

anhole

cover

s re

pla

ced

wher

e nec

essa

ry t

o m

inim

ize

I/I.

T

he

flow

rat

es h

ave

not

reduce

d a

nd a

re s

imil

ar

duri

ng d

ry a

nd w

et p

erio

ds.

New

pum

p c

ontr

oll

ers

hav

e re

centl

y b

een i

nst

alle

d.

T

he

pre

vio

us

pum

p c

ontr

oll

ers

had

pro

ble

ms

wit

h m

onit

ori

ng t

he

phas

es o

f th

e in

com

ing p

ow

er s

upply

and w

ould

all

ow

pum

ps

to c

onti

nue

runnin

g o

n o

ne

acti

ve

phas

e. P

um

pin

g S

tati

on #

3 p

revio

usl

y h

ad i

ssues

wit

h s

urg

es o

r li

ghti

ng s

trik

es

and h

as b

een u

pgra

ded

to p

rovid

e te

lem

etry

to r

ecord

outa

ges

.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

The

pla

nt

and s

yst

em h

as b

een e

xce

edin

g p

erm

itte

d f

low

and h

ave

bee

n i

n

dis

cuss

ions

wit

h D

EC

about

non-c

om

pli

ance

wit

h t

he

per

mit

s. T

he

Tow

n h

as

under

taken

work

to a

ttem

pt

to r

educe

the

flow

s w

ithout

succ

ess.

D

ue

to t

he

mit

igat

ion w

ork

car

ried

out

by t

he

Tow

n t

hey

hav

e re

ceiv

ed a

DE

C l

ette

r st

atin

g

that

the

condit

ions

impose

d b

y D

EC

had

bee

n m

et a

nd t

hat

they

wer

e in

co

mpli

ance

for

2009. D

EC

is

appar

entl

y n

ot

too c

once

rned

at

this

poin

t an

d t

he

nex

t st

ep w

ill

pro

bab

ly b

e fo

r th

e T

ow

n t

o a

pply

for

an i

ncr

ease

in t

he

per

mit

an

d e

xpan

d t

he

abso

rpti

on f

ield

s.

In o

rder

to u

psi

ze t

he

coll

ecti

on s

yst

em P

um

pin

g s

tati

on #

3 w

ould

nee

d t

o b

e re

loca

ted a

nd u

psi

zed a

nd t

he

Mai

n S

t. s

ewer

exte

nded

. P

um

pin

g s

tati

on #

2 i

s a

170 g

pm

sta

tion w

ith a

6”

forc

e m

ain.

All

of

the

sew

er w

as i

nst

alle

d i

n 1

984.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s:

Unknow

n.

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

189

APPENDIX B17

Cou

ntyw

ide

Inte

r-M

unic

ipal

Wat

er a

nd S

ewer

Fea

sibi

lity

Stud

y fo

r T

ompk

ins C

ount

y

Wat

er In

fras

truc

ture

Mun

icip

ality

: V

illag

e of

Tru

man

sbur

g

Phon

e N

o:

6

07-2

80-8

501

In

terv

iew

ed b

y:

Con

tact

: B

ruce

Van

n, D

PW S

uper

viso

r

Fa

x N

o:

6

07-3

87-5

806

R

ory

Wad

dell

/ Jo

hn A

nder

sson

Dat

e:

N

ovem

ber 1

2, 2

009

E-M

ail:

tbu

rgw

ater

@flt

g.ne

t

Con

sulta

nt’s

Rem

arks

from

Wat

er T

reat

men

t Pla

nt o

r W

ell S

ite T

our:

M

any

impr

ovem

ents

rece

ntly

. El

evat

ed (c

ompo

site

) tan

k re

plac

ed o

ld st

andp

ipe

off H

ecto

r Stre

et; v

aria

ble

spee

d pu

mp

stat

ion

built

to c

reat

e a

high

er p

ress

ure

zone

at V

illag

e’s n

orth

end

; add

ed g

ener

ator

s bot

h at

Fro

nten

ac W

ell a

nd R

t 89

pum

p st

atio

n; n

ew p

umps

and

tank

repa

ired/

pa

inte

d at

Rt 8

9. A

roun

d 10

yea

rs o

f ope

ratio

nal u

se re

mai

ning

in R

t 89

tank

. R

ated

Cap

acity

per

NY

SDEC

With

draw

al P

erm

it #

WSA

532

7: 5

00 g

pm F

ront

enac

= 0

.72

MG

D, I

nsta

lled

capa

city

is th

e sa

me

W

SA 7

41: I

ndia

n Fo

rt “t

o its

lim

it” a

bout

105

gpm

but

is

only

use

d du

ring

emer

genc

ies.

Ave

rage

Day

Pro

duct

ion

(last

12

mon

ths)

:

2

11,0

00 g

pd

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion

(last

12

mon

ths)

:

402

,000

gpd

G

ener

al D

escr

iptio

n of

Tre

atm

ent P

lant

Pro

cess

es o

r G

roun

dwat

er

Sour

ces:

G

ener

al D

escr

iptio

n of

Dis

trib

utio

n an

d St

orag

e Sy

stem

s:

Dril

led

wel

l at C

ayug

a La

ke (F

ront

enac

in T

own

of C

over

t, Se

neca

C

ount

y) w

ith h

ypo

chlo

rinat

ion

pum

ps to

0.1

5 M

G R

oute

89

stor

age

tank

. D

uple

x pu

mps

ther

e pu

mp

to e

leva

ted

0.5

MG

tank

in V

illag

e.

Dril

led

wel

l on

Indi

an F

ort R

oad

cann

ot su

pply

the

aver

age

daily

flow

an

d ha

s poo

r qua

lity

(sul

fur,

min

eral

s).

It is

onl

y us

ed d

urin

g em

erge

ncy.

3 pr

essu

re z

ones

: Wel

l to

Rt 8

9 ar

ea; M

ain

Vill

age;

nor

th e

nd o

f V

illag

e (n

o st

orag

e he

re).

No

sign

ifica

nt p

robl

ems i

dent

ified

.

Iden

tifie

d T

reat

men

t Pla

nt D

efic

ienc

ies,

Reg

ulat

ory

Com

plia

nce

Prob

lem

s, C

ompl

aint

s:

Iden

tifie

d L

imita

tions

to E

xten

ding

the

Dis

trib

utio

n Sy

stem

:

Iden

tifie

d by

Hea

lth D

epar

tmen

t: •

Lack

of d

isin

fect

ion

cont

act t

ime

adja

cent

to F

ront

enac

Wel

l. •

Lack

of a

bilit

y to

pro

vide

max

imum

day

flow

(or e

ven

aver

age

day

flow

) with

bes

t wel

l out

of s

ervi

ce

The

Hea

lth D

ept h

as a

mor

ator

ium

on

new

wat

er m

ain

exte

nsio

ns

in th

e V

illag

e du

e to

lack

of e

mer

genc

y or

bac

k-up

supp

ly.

No

stor

age

in h

ighe

st p

ress

ure

zone

Th

e V

illag

e is

inve

stig

atin

g an

add

ition

al w

ell a

t Fro

nten

ac.

App

roxi

mat

e Po

pula

tion

Serv

ed b

y Tr

eatm

ents

Wor

ks: a

ppro

xim

atel

y 16

00 p

eopl

e A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber o

f Ser

vice

Con

nect

ions

: app

rox

750

APPENDIX B18

Page

1 o

f 1

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Vil

lage

of

Tru

man

sburg

P

hone

No:

607-2

80

-8501

In

terv

iew

ed b

y:

Conta

ct:

Bru

ce V

ann,

DP

W S

uper

vis

or

Fax

No:

607-3

87

-5806

Rory

Wad

del

l /

John A

nder

sson_

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

12,

2009

E

-Mai

l:

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

Pla

nt

is o

per

ated

by Y

aws

envir

onm

enta

l la

b o

n b

ehal

f of

the

vil

lage.

T

he

site

is

tight

and t

her

e is

lit

tle

room

for

expan

sion.

The

vil

lage

does

ow

n a

ddit

ional

la

nd a

round t

he

exis

ting p

lant,

how

ever

to e

xpan

d t

he

pla

nt

a m

ajor

reco

nfi

gura

tion o

f th

e ta

nk l

ayout

and p

roce

ss p

ipin

g w

ould

be

requir

ed.

The

final

set

tlin

g

tanks

appea

r to

be

short

cir

cuit

ing w

ith a

dea

d z

one

in t

he

end o

f th

e ta

nk;

capac

ity m

ay b

e in

crea

sed i

f th

is w

as m

odif

ied.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

:

#N

Y-0

024902:

0.2

5m

gd (

30 d

ay a

ver

age)

A

ver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

0.1

50 (

7 m

onth

s dat

a)

Max

imum

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

0.2

3 m

gd (

7 m

onth

s)

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

Infl

uen

t to

the

pla

nt

is t

hro

ugh a

com

min

uto

r w

ith a

bypas

s bar

-scr

een.

The

flow

then

pas

ses

thro

ugh a

gri

t tr

ap w

ith a

ir l

ift

pum

ps

and a

gri

t w

asher

. G

ener

al t

reat

men

t is

by 2

x a

ctiv

ated

slu

dge

tanks

then

2 x

fin

al s

ettl

ing t

anks.

R

AS

is

air

lift

ed f

rom

the

final

set

tlin

g t

anks

into

the

infl

uen

t ch

annel

to t

he

aera

tion t

anks.

3 x

blo

wer

s – d

uty

/ a

ssis

t /

stan

dby a

re u

sed f

or

aera

tion.

Ther

e is

UV

and h

ypoch

lori

te b

ackup f

or

dis

infe

ctio

n. T

he

hypo h

as b

een o

per

ated

due

to f

ecal

coli

form

iss

ues

wit

h U

V a

lone.

P

rior

to t

he

UV

dis

infe

ctio

n t

he

effl

uen

t pas

ses

thro

ugh a

n u

pfl

ow

san

d f

ilte

r w

ith p

ost

aer

atio

n f

or

DO

contr

ol.

F

erri

c C

hlo

ride

is

dose

d i

n t

he

infl

uen

t ch

annel

to t

he

FS

Ts

for

P r

emoval

. T

he

sludge

is t

reat

ed i

n a

erobic

dig

este

rs p

rior

to d

ewat

erin

g b

y a

bel

t pre

ss w

hic

h i

s oper

ated

aro

und o

nce

a m

onth

. T

he

dew

ater

ed c

ake

is d

ispose

d o

f by l

and a

ppli

cati

on

in S

enec

a C

ounty

.

Flo

w t

o t

he

pla

nt

is b

y g

ravit

y.

Ther

e ar

e tw

o s

mal

l pum

pin

g

stat

ions

in t

he

net

work

, one

on S

outh

St

and o

ne

on P

rosp

ect

St,

th

ese

pum

p i

nto

the

gra

vit

y n

etw

ork

.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

The

gri

t ai

r li

ft p

um

ps,

are

unre

liab

le a

nd r

equir

e re

gula

r m

ainte

nan

ce.

T

he

exis

ting U

V s

yst

em d

oes

not

contr

ol

feca

l re

gro

wth

in t

he

rece

ivin

g s

trea

m a

nd

addit

ional

dis

infe

ctio

n w

ith s

odiu

m h

ypoch

lori

te i

s nec

essa

ry.

This

then

lea

ds

to

dif

ficu

ltie

s in

mee

ting C

hlo

rine

Res

idual

lim

its

at t

he

outf

all.

Ther

e ar

e no k

now

n b

ott

lenec

ks

or

pro

ble

m a

reas

in t

he

syst

em.

Any e

xte

nsi

ons

outs

ide

the

Vil

lage

would

req

uir

e th

e fo

rmat

ion o

f T

ow

n S

ewer

Dis

tric

ts.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: a

ppro

xim

atel

y 1

600 p

eople

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

appro

x 7

50

APPENDIX B19

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Tow

n o

f U

lyss

es

Phone

No:

6

07-3

87

-5767

In

terv

iew

ed b

y:

Conta

ct:

Roxan

ne

Mar

ino/T

ow

n S

uper

vis

or

Doug A

ust

ic W

ater

Super

inte

nden

t F

ax N

o:

6

07-3

87

-5843

A

ndy S

ciar

abba

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

9,

2009

E-M

ail:

t

ousu

per

@tw

cny.r

r.co

m

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r: N

/A

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

:

N/A

A

ver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N

/A

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

N/A

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

:

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

N/A

T

he

Tow

n o

f U

lyss

es c

urr

entl

y h

as 4

wat

er D

istr

icts

. W

ater

Dis

tric

t N

o. 1 s

erves

the

Cay

uga

Addic

tion R

ecover

y

Ser

vic

es f

acil

ity o

n R

te 2

27.

This

fac

ilit

y i

s fe

d o

ff t

he

500,0

00 g

allo

n V

illa

ge

of

Tru

man

sburg

Tan

k.

The

faci

lity

is

serv

ed b

y a

4-i

nch

lat

eral

off

an 8

-inch

mai

n.

W

ater

Dis

tric

t N

o. 2 s

erves

the

Sure

Sav

e gro

cery

sto

re o

n N

YS

Rte

96. T

his

fac

ilit

y i

s fe

d o

ff t

he

500,0

00 g

allo

n

Vil

lage

of

Tru

man

sburg

Tan

k.

W

ater

Dis

tric

t N

o. 3 s

erves

pro

per

ties

alo

ng N

YS

Rte

96 i

n t

he

Ham

let

of

Jack

sonvil

le,

Cold

Spri

ngs

Road

, S

wam

p

Coll

ege

Road

, Ja

ckso

nvil

le R

oad

, P

erry

Cit

y R

oad

and V

an D

orn

Corn

ers

Road

. T

his

dis

tric

t is

fed

off

the

200,0

00

gal

lon T

ow

n o

f U

lyss

es T

ank l

oca

ted o

n t

he

corn

er o

f Ir

adel

l an

d V

an D

orn

Corn

ers

Road

s. T

he

dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em

incl

udes

a 1

2-i

nch

pip

e an

d w

as i

nte

nded

to a

deq

uat

ely s

erve

the

dom

esti

c an

d f

ire

nee

ds

of

the

dis

tric

t. W

ater

is

suppli

ed t

o t

he

Dis

tric

t th

rough t

he

Wolf

Lan

e pum

p s

tati

on l

oca

ted i

n t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a. T

he

wat

er s

uppli

er i

s th

e S

CL

IWC

. T

he

agre

emen

t w

ith t

he

Tow

n a

llow

s U

lyss

es t

o d

raw

up t

o 1

59,0

00 g

pd.

Wat

er D

istr

ict

No. 4 s

erves

thre

e pro

per

ties

on D

ubois

Road

just

nort

h o

f th

e T

ow

n o

f U

lyss

es/I

thac

a bord

er. T

his

dis

tric

t is

fed

off

the

500,0

00 g

allo

n T

ow

n o

f It

hac

a T

-Burg

Road

Tan

k.

The

agre

emen

t w

ith t

he

Tow

n a

llow

s U

lyss

es

to d

raw

up t

o 3

,000 g

pd.

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

N/A

T

he

mora

tori

um

in t

he

Vil

lage

of

Tru

man

sburg

res

tric

ting a

ny f

urt

her

wat

er m

ain e

xte

nsi

ons

lim

its

exte

nsi

ons

into

those

ar

eas

of

the

Tow

n a

dja

cent

to t

he

Vil

lage

boundar

y. F

utu

re e

xte

nsi

ons

from

the

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a sy

stem

could

req

uir

e updat

ed t

o t

he

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a in

fras

truct

ure

. A

ppro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 1

,600+

/-

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

WD

#1 –

1,

WD

#2 –

1,

WD

#3 –

600,

WD

#4 –

4

APPENDIX B20

Pag

e 1 o

f 1

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

South

ern C

ayuga

Lak

e In

term

unic

ipal

Wat

er C

om

mis

sion

Phone

No:

607-2

77

-0660

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Pau

l F

. T

unis

on

Fax

No:

607-2

77

-3056

John A

nder

sson/D

avid

Her

rick

Dat

e:

Dec

ember

11,

2009

E-M

ail:

pft

@tw

cny.r

r.co

m

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

# 6

115:

6.0

MG

D

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

2.6

1 M

GD

- 2

008

Max

imum

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

last

12 m

onth

s):

4.2

3 M

GD

- 2

008

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

Pre

-dis

infe

ctio

n/o

xid

atio

n w

ith c

hlo

rine

dio

xid

e C

oag

ula

tion

Flo

ccula

tion

Sed

imen

tati

on

Fil

trat

ion

Post

dis

infe

ctio

n –

gas

eous

chlo

rine

Ph a

dju

stm

ent

wit

h s

odiu

m h

ydro

xid

e

Tre

ated

sto

rage:

1.5

MG

Burd

ick H

ill

Road

Tan

k

0.5

MG

Shel

don R

oad

Tan

k

3.0

MG

Eas

t H

ill

Tan

k

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

None

The

Burd

ick H

ill

Road

Tan

k i

s in

poor

condit

ion a

nd i

s sl

ated

for

repla

cem

ent

in

the

nex

t 2-5

yea

rs.

Dis

trib

uti

on s

yst

em e

xte

nsi

ons

are

the

resp

onsi

bil

ity o

f th

e in

div

idual

mem

ber

munic

ipal

itie

s.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 3

0,0

00

Curr

ent

allo

cati

on o

f A

ver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion:

Dry

den

(T)

– 3

.73%

; It

hac

a (T

) – 5

2.3

9%

; L

ansi

ng (

T)

– 1

5.4

8;

Cay

uga

Hei

ghts

(V

) – 9

.27%

; L

ansi

ng (

V)

– 1

9.1

3%

A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

6,5

25

APPENDIX B21

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Sew

er I

nfr

ast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Ithac

a A

rea

WW

TP

(C

ity o

f It

hac

a, T

ow

n o

f It

hac

a, T

ow

n o

f D

ryden

)

Phone

No:

273-8

381

In

terv

iew

ed b

y:

Conta

ct:

Dan

Ram

er –

Chie

f O

per

ator,

Ith

aca

Are

a W

WT

P

Dan

Wal

ker

– S

enio

r C

ivil

Engin

eer,

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a E

ric

Whit

ney

– C

ity o

f It

hac

a Ji

m W

eber

– H

ighw

ay S

uper

inte

nden

t /

Dir

ecto

r of

Publi

c W

ork

s,

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a

Fax

No:

273-8

433

D

avid

Her

rick

, A

ndy S

ciar

abba,

R

ory

Wad

del

l

Dat

e:

Novem

ber

19,

2009

E-M

ail:

dra

mer

@ci

tyofi

thac

a.org

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wast

ewate

r T

reatm

ent

Work

s T

ou

r:

Ther

e is

sig

nif

ican

t ad

dit

ional

cap

acit

y i

n t

he

trea

tmen

t w

ork

s. T

he

mai

n a

rea

wher

e ca

pac

ity w

ould

be

lim

ited

would

be

in t

he

Fin

al S

ettl

ing T

anks

and t

he

Act

iflo

sy

stem

. T

he

Pri

mar

y S

ettl

ing T

anks

are

able

to b

e ru

n w

ith o

ne

out

of

serv

ice

exce

pt

under

ver

y h

igh f

low

s an

d t

he

aera

tion t

anks

are

capab

le o

f bei

ng r

econfi

gure

d i

f re

quir

ed t

o a

ccep

t ad

dit

ional

load

ing

Flo

w m

onit

ori

ng i

s via

a P

arsh

all

Flu

me

in t

he

effl

uen

t ch

annel

.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C S

PD

ES

Per

mit

#0026638:

13.0

MG

D (

30 d

ay a

ver

age)

A

ver

age

Day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12 m

onth

s):

6.2

2 M

GD

M

axim

um

30

-day

Flo

w f

rom

DM

R (

last

12

month

s):

9.8

3 M

GD

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Work

s P

roce

sses

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Coll

ecti

on

an

d T

ran

smis

sion

Syst

ems:

Foll

ow

ing s

cree

nin

g,

the

pla

nt

has

2 e

ach p

rim

ary s

ettl

ing t

anks,

4 e

ach a

erat

ion

tanks

and 4

eac

h f

inal

set

tlin

g t

anks.

T

he

flow

then

pas

ses

to t

he

acti

flo s

yst

em

for

clar

ific

atio

n. T

he

sludge

han

dli

ng s

yst

em i

nco

rpora

tes

2 e

ach s

ludge

thic

ken

ers

and (

1)

pri

mar

y a

nd (

1)

seco

ndar

y d

iges

ter.

T

he

sludge

is t

hen

dew

ater

ed u

sing a

bel

t pre

ss.

Gri

t is

extr

acte

d f

rom

the

pri

mar

y s

ludge.

The

effl

uen

t is

Chlo

rinat

ed (

wit

h s

odiu

m h

ypoch

lori

te)

and t

hen

Dec

hlo

rinat

ed w

ith

Sulp

hur

Dio

xid

e G

as.

Appro

xim

atel

y 2

mil

lion g

allo

ns

/ yea

r of

septa

ge

is a

lso

rece

ived

at

the

pla

nt.

Ther

e ar

e ca

pac

ity i

ssues

on a

num

ber

of

join

tly o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

lines

that

are

bei

ng a

ddre

ssed

. T

he

Eas

t H

ill

/ S

tate

St

carr

ier

has

cap

acit

y i

ssues

. T

her

e ar

e pin

ch p

oin

ts o

n t

he

Wes

t H

ill

side

also

. S

om

e I/

I is

sues

hav

e bee

n i

den

tifi

ed i

n t

he

syst

em a

nd a

re b

eing a

ddre

ssed

. G

ener

ally

it

was

note

d t

hat

as

capac

ity i

ssues

w

ere

iden

tifi

ed t

hey

wer

e bei

ng d

ealt

wit

h.

The

Tow

n o

f It

hac

a is

als

o c

urr

entl

y

work

ing o

n a

Wat

er a

nd S

ewer

mas

ter

pla

n.

APPENDIX B22

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Work

s D

efic

ien

cies

, R

egu

lato

ry C

om

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Coll

ecti

on

Syst

em:

The

per

mit

wit

h t

he

pla

nt

wil

l ex

pir

e in

May

2010.

It

is e

xpec

ted t

hat

the

Phosp

horu

s li

mit

s m

ay b

e re

duce

d a

t th

is p

oin

t in

tim

e, b

ut

the

oper

ators

hav

e no r

eal

insi

ght

into

what

the

lim

it m

ay b

e.

The

dig

este

rs a

re c

urr

entl

y v

ery u

nder

load

ed.

The

dig

este

r m

ixin

g i

s bei

ng

upgra

ded

wit

h n

ew l

inea

r m

oti

on m

ixer

s &

the

dig

este

r hea

ting i

s bei

ng

upgra

ded

als

o. A

new

cogen

erat

ion s

yst

em i

s al

so b

eing p

ropose

d w

hic

h m

ay

be

buil

t ar

ound m

icro

turb

ines

. O

ther

iss

ues

note

d w

ere

that

the

bar

scr

eens

are

coar

ser

than

des

ired

and

ther

efore

som

e m

inor

raggin

g i

ssues

are

exper

ience

d i

n t

he

pla

nt.

T

he

inst

alla

tion o

f gri

t re

moval

pri

or

to t

he

pri

mar

ies

would

als

o a

ssis

t in

the

pro

cess

. S

epta

ge

rece

ivin

g f

acil

itie

s ar

e bei

ng u

pgra

ded

curr

entl

y.

Ther

e is

al

so a

n u

pgra

de

of

the

leac

hat

e han

dli

ng f

acil

itie

s pla

nned

for

the

futu

re.

Oth

er w

ork

curr

entl

y u

nder

way

incl

udes

an e

ner

gy a

nal

ysi

s pla

n a

nd

eval

uat

ion o

f th

e ae

rati

on s

yst

em a

nd a

n u

pgra

de

of

the

lab a

nd s

taff

room

. A

flo

w s

pli

tter

pri

or

to t

he

acti

flo w

ould

be

hel

pfu

l to

all

ow

for

contr

oll

ed f

low

div

ersi

on i

n w

et w

eath

er.

Ther

e is

som

e m

ovem

ent

and c

rack

ing i

n t

he

tanks.

T

he

pla

nt

was

ori

gin

ally

co

nst

ruct

ed o

n s

tati

c pil

es.

The

condit

ion a

nd c

apac

ity o

f jo

intl

y o

wned

inte

rcep

tor

sew

er a

re b

eing d

ealt

wit

h

as t

hey

ari

se.

Ther

e ar

e pla

ns

that

could

lea

d t

o 8

00 r

esid

enti

al u

nit

s bei

ng

inst

alle

d i

n t

he

nex

t 10 y

ears

.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s:

Unknow

n (

39,5

60 E

stim

ated

) A

ppro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

U

nknow

n (

8881 E

stim

ated

)

Pag

e 1 o

f 2

Cou

nty

wid

e In

ter-

Mu

nic

ipal

Wate

r an

d S

ewer

Fea

sib

ilit

y S

tud

y f

or

Tom

pk

ins

Cou

nty

Wate

r In

frast

ruct

ure

Munic

ipal

ity:

Cit

y o

f It

hac

a P

hone

No:

607-2

72

-1717

Inte

rvie

wed

by:

Conta

ct:

Eri

k W

hit

ney

, P

.E.

Sco

tt G

ibso

n

Fax

No:

607-2

77

-5028

Dav

id H

erri

ck

Dat

e:

Mar

ch 1

5,

2010

E-M

ail:

er

ikw

@ci

tyofi

thac

a.org

Con

sult

an

t’s

Rem

ark

s fr

om

Wate

r T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

or

Wel

l S

ite

Tou

r:

The

Cit

y i

s in

the

pro

cess

of

final

izin

g p

ilot

test

pro

toco

ls f

or

upgra

din

g t

he

Wat

er T

reat

men

t P

lant

to m

embra

ne

filt

rati

on t

echnolo

gy.

Rat

ed C

apac

ity p

er N

YS

DE

C W

ithdra

wal

Per

mit

# T

BD

: 4.0

-6.0

MG

D

Aver

age

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

2009 W

ater

R

eport

): 2

.98 M

GD

M

axim

um

Day

Pro

duct

ion (

Bas

e on 1

.5 t

imes

th

e A

vg.

Day

Pro

duct

ion):

4.4

7 M

GD

Gen

eral

Des

crip

tion

of

Tre

atm

ent

Pla

nt

Pro

cess

es o

r G

rou

nd

wate

r S

ou

rces

: G

ener

al

Des

crip

tion

of

Dis

trib

uti

on

an

d S

tora

ge

Syst

ems:

The

sourc

e of

supply

for

the

Cit

y s

yst

em i

s S

ix M

ile

Cre

ek.

The

Six

ty-F

oot

Res

ervoir

(al

so k

now

n a

s th

e P

ott

ers

Fal

ls R

eser

voir

) has

a r

eport

ed s

afe

yie

ld o

f at

lea

st 5

.4 M

GD

. T

he

exis

ting w

ater

tre

atm

ent

pla

nt

at W

ater

Str

eet

has

a

capac

ity r

atin

g o

f 7.0

MG

D.

The

curr

ent

pro

cess

incl

udes

chem

ical

coag

ula

tion,

flocc

ula

tion, se

dim

enta

tion, fi

ltra

tion a

nd d

isin

fect

ion. R

ecen

t pla

nnin

g a

nd

det

aile

d e

nvir

onm

enta

l ex

amin

atio

n o

f w

ater

supply

opti

ons

has

bee

n c

oncl

uded

an

d t

he

sele

cted

alt

ernat

ive

is t

o r

epla

ce t

he

exis

ting p

lant

wit

h a

mem

bra

ne

filt

rati

on p

lant

capab

le o

f pro

duci

ng 4

.0-6

.0 M

GD

. T

he

anti

cipat

ed f

ull

sca

le

mem

bra

ne

pla

nt

des

ign w

ill

incl

ude

com

ple

te c

oag

ula

tion,

mult

i-st

age

flocc

ula

tion a

nd h

igh r

ate

clar

ific

atio

n. T

he

mem

bra

ne

tech

nolo

gy w

ill

be

eith

er

mic

rofi

ltra

tion o

r ult

rafi

ltra

tion. D

isin

fect

ion w

ill

foll

ow

the

trea

tmen

t pro

cess

.

Most

of

the

wat

er p

roduce

d b

y t

he

trea

tmen

t pla

nt

is d

istr

ibute

d b

y g

ravit

y f

rom

th

e tw

o c

lear

wel

l st

ora

ge

rese

rvoir

s at

the

pla

nt

site

. T

he

com

bin

ed c

apac

ity o

f th

e cl

earw

ells

is

1.4

3 M

G. T

he

Elm

Str

eet

tank a

t th

e w

este

rn l

imit

of

the

Cit

y’s

gra

vit

y z

one

is a

com

pan

ion t

ank t

o t

he

clea

rwel

ls a

nd h

as a

sto

rage

volu

me

of

1.5

M

G.

Tw

o p

um

ps

at t

he

pla

nt

dra

w w

ater

dir

ectl

y f

rom

the

clea

rwel

ls a

nd d

isch

arge

into

hig

her

tan

k z

ones

. T

he

‘Mit

chel

l S

tree

t’ p

um

p s

tati

on f

ills

the

Corn

ell

Str

eet

(1.0

MG

) an

d C

oddin

gto

n R

oad

(1.0

MG

) ta

nks.

The

‘Eas

t It

hac

a’ p

um

p s

tati

on

fill

s th

e M

aple

Aven

ue

(0.6

15 M

G)

tank. T

he

thir

d p

um

p s

tati

on a

t V

ineg

ar H

ill

pum

ps

wat

er f

rom

the

gra

vit

y z

one

into

the

Oak

wood L

ane

(0.7

5 M

G)

tank a

nd

the

Cli

ff P

ark (

0.1

5 M

G)

tank.

In t

ota

l, t

her

e is

a g

ross

sto

rage

volu

me

of

over

6.4

M

G i

n t

he

Cit

y s

yst

em.

Giv

en t

he

loss

of

dem

and b

y T

ow

n o

f It

hac

a cu

stom

ers

in

the

Inle

t V

alle

y a

nd W

est

Hil

l ar

eas,

the

Cit

y h

as t

empora

rily

dra

ined

the

Elm

S

tree

t ta

nk u

nti

l av

erag

e dai

ly c

onsu

mpti

on w

ithin

the

bal

ance

of

the

gra

vit

y z

one

incr

ease

s an

d c

ause

s a

sati

sfac

tory

turn

over

of

wat

er i

n t

he

tank.

The

tran

smis

sion a

nd d

istr

ibuti

on m

ains

in t

he

gra

vit

y s

yst

em a

re r

elat

ivel

y w

ell

looped

. L

arger

dia

met

er m

ains

gen

eral

ly r

un n

ort

h/s

outh

alo

ng t

he

pri

mar

y C

ity

stre

ets

wit

h s

mal

ler

mai

ns

runnin

g e

ast/

wes

t. T

hat

port

ion o

f th

e C

ity d

istr

ibuti

on

syst

em n

ort

h o

f F

all

Cre

ek i

n t

he

Corn

ell

Hei

ghts

nei

ghborh

ood i

s pre

sentl

y

serv

ed b

y C

orn

ell

Univ

ersi

ty.

Foll

ow

ing t

he

com

ple

tion o

f th

e C

ity’s

tre

atm

ent

pla

nt

upgra

des

and i

mpro

vem

ent

in d

istr

ibuti

on s

yst

em w

ater

qual

ity,

serv

ice

to

the

nei

ghborh

ood f

rom

the

Cit

y s

yst

em w

ill

likel

y b

e re

store

d.

APPENDIX B23

Pag

e 2 o

f 2

Iden

tifi

ed T

reatm

ent

Pla

nt

Def

icie

nci

es,

Reg

ula

tory

Com

pli

an

ce P

rob

lem

s,

Com

pla

ints

:

Iden

tifi

ed L

imit

ati

on

s to

Exte

nd

ing t

he

Dis

trib

uti

on

Syst

em:

To c

om

ply

wit

h t

he

EP

A’s

Dis

infe

ctio

n B

ypro

duct

Rule

the

Cit

y’s

wat

er

trea

tmen

t pla

nt

wil

l re

quir

e si

gnif

ican

t upgra

des

.

To s

upport

nec

essa

ry f

ire

flow

dem

ands

in t

he

com

mer

cial

and r

etai

l ce

nte

rs a

long

Elm

ira

Road

and t

o i

mpro

ve

wat

er q

ual

ity i

n t

he

wes

tern

lim

its

of

the

Cit

y’s

gra

vit

y z

one,

it

is e

xpec

ted t

hat

futu

re d

evel

opm

ents

in t

he

South

wes

t A

rea

wil

l nee

d t

o c

om

ple

te a

pip

e lo

op b

etw

een t

he

mai

n a

t th

e L

ow

e’s

site

and a

dea

d-e

nd

mai

n o

n C

her

ry R

oad

.

Appro

xim

ate

Popula

tion S

erved

by T

reat

men

ts W

ork

s: 3

0,0

00

Appro

xim

ate

Num

ber

of

Ser

vic

e C

onnec

tions:

5,4

00

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