CMSD

GRIFTON - After three years and a threatened state moratorium, the Division of Water Quality has finally granted the Contentnea Metropolitan Sewerage District (CMSD) a sought-after permit for its Spray Irrigation Disposal System. The permitting was a part of the $3 million Clean Water Bond money approved for the Town of Ayden sewer rehabilitation project. The permitting process was started in June 2001 and was approved effective 4, 2004. The permit will not expire until August 3, 2009. CMSD Manager Chuck Smithwick was notified of the permit in a letter from Alan W. Klimek, P.E. of the Division of Water Quality. Smith said of the permit, "We proceeding with our end of getting the construction started and the project implemented as quickly as possible." To conform to the permit the CMSD must maintain various monitoring requirements, including the collection of data for maintaining the required operational information for compliance. In addition, the CSMD has to follow the permit's required minimum and maximum spray irrigation application rate and spraying cannot transpire until the nine (9) existing acres of land used for sludge fields on the north side of State Road 1910 is removed. Smithwick said the CMSD will lose this property for sludge, but will use it in the future for spraying affluent. Smithwick says a new sludge field will be constructed in some deforested areas owned by the CMSD in the area north of State Road 1910. He reiterated that his is not part of the nine acres. The deforested area is already permitted for sludge application, Smithwich said. The CSMD Manager did point out that it will require approximately $40,000 to $50,000 to convert the deforested area for sludge application. Klimek, in his letter, pointed out that when the project is completed and prior to operation the CMSD must receive a certification from a professional engineer certifying that the permitted facility has been installed in accordance with prior approved plans and specifications.   

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