Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Village officials shocked at high price tag of expanding sewer capacity and ask village staff for more information. Trustees also moved forward with a pilot project to inspect and repair private sanitary sewer laterals.
It's safe to say the Whitefish Bay Village Board was a little surprised at the $134 million price tag needed to prepare the village's sewers for a 500-year storm similar to the one that hit the village on July 22, 2010. Donohue and Associates, the engineering firm hired by the village for its sewer work, presented the results of its underground infrastructure study Monday night, revealing that there is room under village streets for storm sewer pipes as big as eight feet in diameter needed to handle that level of rainfall. Unfortunately, those improvements come in the nine-figure price range, much to the concern of village officials. "I think we’re going to price people out of their home,” said Village President Julie Siegel. The cost of …
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Consultant believes leaky private laterals could be main cause of clear water entering sanitary sewers.
The engineering consultant hired to analyze Whitefish Bay's sewers is recommending the village adopt a pilot project to eliminate clear water in the sanitary sewer system, which contributes to basement backups. Steve Sticklen, of Donohue and Associates, recommended at Monday night's board meeting that the village implement a pilot private property inflow and infiltration program in the southeast corner of the village, an area of the village that he said poses less variables because it is at a higher elevation. Sticklen said a pilot program would demonstrate the effectiveness of a PPII program, which could require homeowners to disconnect their foundation drain and/or repair or replace their lateral. “The evidence overwhelmingly indicates …
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Whitefish Bay trustees will analyze stormwater and sanitary sewer options at future meetings.
Whitefish Bay could end up paying between $71.1 million to $93.5 million for repairs to village sewer systems, depending upon the approach village officials decide upon at future meetings. The village received more than 1,000 reports of basement backups during the intense rains of July 2010, either from stormwater unable to enter the storm sewer system or excessive clear water in the sanitary sewer system, which created basement backups. Given the scale of upgrading the aging infrastructure that led to the flooding, Village Engineer Dan Naze said the village is at the beginning of a trail that not many communities have traveled down. "Other than some isolated communities like Ann Arbor and some others, at least in this area, this type of …
Saturday, November 5, 2011
Trustees also will also discuss any remaining budget issues in special meeting at 6 p.m. Monday.
An engineering consulting firm will present its final storm water and sanitary sewer study report Monday night, giving trustees the information they need to make a choice on the scope of sewer protection at a later date. The Whitefish Bay Village Board meeting will be held at 6 p.m. at Village Hall. At the meeting, consultants Donohue and Associates will present three tiers of proposed improvements to the storm sewer system: The consultants made their preliminary storm sewer recommendations at an Aug. 9 meeting, and at that time, the three storm sewer price tags were $23 million, $24 million and $68 million. A video of the presentation is available here, and here is the PowerPoint presentation from that meeting. The Village Board …
Monday, August 22, 2011
But consultants' estimates presented Monday don't include cost of fixing sanitary sewers.
More than a year after a deluge of rain water pummeled Whitefish Bay, consultants hired to fix sewer problems in the village delivered their preliminary findings to more than 50 residents Monday night. During their presentation at Cumberland School, consultants Donohue and Associates recommended the village replace its storm sewers to accomodate heavier rainfall, as well as create a retention area in Cahill Park to store some of the stormwater. The price tag associated with the project depends on the level of protection the Village Board decides upon at a future meeting. For $23 million in construction costs, consultant Steve Stricklen of Donohue said enough storm sewers could be replaced to keep village streets dry if 3.8 inches of rain …
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Thursday, July 28, 2011
Preliminary report will be presented at Cumberland School on Aug. 22.
A consultant’s recommended improvements to the village’s sanitary and storm sewer system will be unveiled at a special presentation on Aug. 22. The presentation and open house will be held in the cafetorium of Cumberland School, 4780 N. Marlborough Dr., at 6 p.m. The cafetorium is located on the south side of the building and can be accessed from Marlborough Drive. The consultants, engineering firm Donohue and Associates, were tasked with analyzing sanitary and storm sewer systems across the village and creating solutions to address flooding and basement backups in homes. Donohue will join village staff at the open house, along with their subconsultants Ayres Associates and Superior Engineering, to present the preliminary results and …
tom sheramn
7:19 pm on Wednesday, June 13, 2012
i have already done something similar but much cheaper at say $100 or less. i urinate and defecate in holding tanks & then dumnp every 3 months in toilet. all i need is to be allowed to dump this an my other waste directly into a manhole which is within 300' of my house say 2x/yr. i don't need a 6k lateral. that is one reasons my water bill for the year is under $2. i no longer worry about toilet… more ›