Town of Cape Charles - Water Treatment Plant and Wastewater Treatment Plant Upgrades

Potential Regional Wastewater System
May 25, 2010

The Town is working with Northampton County and the Towns of Cheriton, Exmore and Nassawadox to explore the feasibility of implementing a regional wastewater system. It is envisioned that the system would consist of a northern node to service Exmore, Nassawadox (including Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital) and contiguous areas of the county, and a southern node to service Cape Charles, Cheriton and contiguous areas of the county. The regional system would be leveraged off existing systems in Cape Charles and Exmore. A Project Management Team, consisting of representatives of all jurisdictions, is working with an engineering consulting team to prepare a Preliminary Engineering Report and other documentation necessary to apply for a variety of grants and loans to fund design and construction of the system if judged economically feasible. This initial effort is being funded by planning grants provided by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.

In a parallel effort, the Town is working with the other jurisdictions to reconstitute the now inactive Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Service Authority to manage implementation and operation of the regional system. It is anticipated that this will be accomplished by the end of June 2010.

A regional system would benefit Cape Charles by substantially increasing the customer base of our existing system. The capacity of our new wastewater treatment plant, now under construction, will be only about 50% utilized by existing customers. It is anticipated that the resulting economies of scale generated by a regional system would lead to significantly lower user rates than would otherwise be the case.


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Potential Regional Wastewater System May 25, 2010 The Town is working with Northampton County and the Towns of Cheriton, Exmore and Nassawadox to explore the feasibility of implementing a regional wastewater system. It is envisioned that the system would consist of a northern node to service Exmore, Nassawadox (including Riverside Shore Memorial Hospital) and contiguous areas of the county, and a southern node to service Cape Charles, Cheriton and contiguous areas of the county. The regional system would be leveraged off existing systems in Cape Charles and Exmore. A Project Management Team, consisting of representatives of all jurisdictions, is working with an engineering consulting team to prepare a Preliminary Engineering Report and other documentation necessary to apply for a variety of grants and loans to fund design and construction of the system if judged economically feasible. This initial effort is being funded by planning grants provided by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development. In a parallel effort, the Town is working with the other jurisdictions to reconstitute the now inactive Eastern Shore of Virginia Public Service Authority to manage implementation and operation of the regional system. It is anticipated that this will be accomplished by the end of June 2010. A regional system would benefit Cape Charles by substantially increasing the customer base of our existing system. The capacity of our new wastewater treatment plant, now under construction, will be only about 50% utilized by existing customers. It is anticipated that the resulting economies of scale generated by a regional system would lead to significantly lower user rates than would otherwise be the case.

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