Canton Township Hall joining Stark County sewage network
CANTON TWP. ‒ After decades of being served by an on-site septic system, Township Hall is about to become a customer of the Stark County Metropolitan Sewer District.
Joining the county sewage collection and treatment system involves township officials constructing a distribution line of about 700 feet to delivery sewage from Township Hall at 4711 Central Ave. SE to a nearby Stark County main in the 4600 block of Ridge Avenue SE.
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"It will be owned by the township," township Trustee Mark Shaffer said. "But it will connect with the Stark County sewer system. We will build a connection that will include a lift station. We believe once it is out to bid and comes back, it will cost between $200,000 and $300,000."
The Thrasher Group is designing the sewage infrastructure project for township officials.
What is prompting township officials to connect to the Stark County sewage system is the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency taking issue with how waste water from the washing of township trucks was being handled. That type of waste water is considered "industrial waste water," and therefore should be discharged into a sanitary sewage network or stored in a holding tank to be transported to a disposal facility.
In the view of state environmental officials, a septic system is a less than reliable disposal destination for industrial waste water.
"That tends to overwhelm an on-site waste water treatment (system)," said John Schmidt, an environmental engineer with the Ohio EPA.
Township officials feel building a connection to the county sewage system will be less expensive in the long run than constantly having the waste water hauled to a disposal facility.
"We have some funding available," township Fiscal Officer John Ring said. "We can put it together. We will be primarily targeting two areas. We will use American Rescue Act (funds) or road funds. We are waiting for the bids. We don't have the cost figures yet."
And just as with other property owners that discharge waste water into the county distribution and treatment system, Canton Township will pay a user fee.
"For them, it will be a flat fee," said James Troike, director of the Stark County Metropolitan Sewer District. "They have to go underneath the Nimishillen Creek in order to get to our manholes."
Reach Malcolm at 330-596-0326 or malcolm.hall@cantonrep.com.
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