Could Kent County be expanding its sewer service? Maybe, maybe not.
At their Tuesday meeting, the commissioners heard from Ralph and Mary Hall of Georgetown Yacht Basin and attorney Dan Saunders about providing sewer service for Georgetown from a sewer line that runs out of Galena along Rt. 213.
“There are problems in the area with failed or failing septic systems,” said Saunders.
He said the Halls had spoken to neighbors in the Georgetown area and all were in favor of county sewer service. The Yacht Basin will be updating its septic system “one way or another,” he said, but it makes sense to explore the options now before they break ground on any major projects.
Commissioner Ron Fithian asked how many potential hookups are in the area and how much the project would cost the county.
Using numbers off the top of his head, Public Works Director Wayne Morris said there would be 30 to 40 sewer hookups in Georgetown and the project would cost the county under $2 million. He said the health department would have to do a sanitary survey to determine which septic systems were failing.
The commissioners asked Morris to look into the feasibility of the project.
“We will get back to you,” Fithian said to Saunders and the Halls.
Morgan Lum says
I own a residence in Georgetown with a non-failing system and I was never spoken to by the Halls nor do I suppor ttheir claim that everyone is in favor. While I am in favor of sewer servcie generally for communities in the critical area, we are so constrained from a state and county budget perspective that this is not a well conceived project at this time. The majority of the failing systems in Georgetown are on properties, both commercial and residential, owned by the Halls. Taxpayers should not be footing the bill for their poor septic management practices. New BAT systems and drainfields at the expense of the property owner, not the taxpayers, is what is required at thsi time.