Village prepares for upgrades, solar payments
By Sandy Rose Schwieterman - For the Sidney Daily News
MINSTER – Preparations for upgrades to sewage treatment, potential payments for residential solar production and the future needs of the fire department were all part of the discussion at the Tuesday night, Mrch 2, Minster Council meeting.
Village Administrator Don Harrod said CDM Smith submitted a proposal to help the village with engineering work to handle the amount of total dissolved solids that are released at the waste water treatment plant. He said the Ohio EPA has notified the village that they needed to explore treatment options to reduce the amount of total dissolved solids in the effluent. Harrod said the instances of going over the limit of 1516 mg per liter happened perhaps three to four times a year and that the overage amounted to 400 mg. The options CDM suggested included chemical treatment, reverse osmosis, or a lagoon-type system.