Do we really prefer pumping raw untreated sewage 21 miles to the Broad River versus releasing clean treated water into cedar creek or some other tributary nearby? It all eventually flows into the Broad River.
Cedar Creek already takes treated water from Ridgeway’s sewage system. More clean water will make no difference to a creek that already contributes to Columbia’s drinking water.
But our wise leaders intend to create a 21-mile long sewage septic tank.
Have we lost our minds?
“The line won’t function as a pipeline because of low flow over such a long distance. Instead, it will function as a 21-mile sewage storage tank,” an area wastewater engineer said. “Operating a sewer storage tank is different than a flowing line. Effluent in that length of line will have to be flushed constantly by the pump stations to prevent it from becoming so septic that it could eat holes in the line.” –The Voice
Any reasonable person knows that the chances of malfunction, spillage, and environmental disaster are greater with a 21-mile long raw septic system. A raw sewage line going through our neighborhoods is a greater danger than a close-by centralized plant which expels clean treated water into a local creek.
If the County is afraid of lawsuits from residents along cedar creek it should be more afraid of lawsuits closer to home in the 21-mile disaster zone. Those people are in exponentially greater danger of a horrendous spill than the folks along Cedar Creek. Our environment is too precious to create this new VC Summer-like mess.
I’ll be the first plaintiff if the county goes this horrible path to the Broad.