HomeMy Public PortalAbout1978_05_24_R086RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION:
TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
PRESENTED May 24~ 1978
78-86 ADOPTED ,,~ay 24~ 1978
COMMENTING ON PROPOSED REVISION OF DULLES AREA
WATERSHED POLICY
WHEREAS, the Town of Leesburg submitted its Wastewater Manage-
ment Facility Plan to the Commonwealth of Virginia State Water Control
Board in February, 1977; and
WHEREAS, the State Water Control Board has proposed modifica-
tions to the Dulles area watershed policy and requested comments
of interested parties:
RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg, in Virginia,
as follows:
SECTION I. The Commonwealth of Virginia State Water Control
Board is requested to revise the Dulles area watershed policy on
wastewater treatment as follows:
(a) If a thorough evaluation of land treatment of wastewater
is required prior to allocation or expenditure of federal funds
for new or upgraded treatment facilities in the watershed, the
cost of such evaluation shall be made eligible for reimbursement
under all facility planning grants whether included in the origi-
nal work programs or not.
(b) Proposed treatment facility plans shall be revised on
a case by case basis to determine the sufficiency of virus inacti-
vation. The effectiveness of virus inactivation within an advanced
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waste treatment plant is recognized by the board.
(c) Certain effluent requirements listed in Table 1 of the
policy shall be revised for Goose Creek as shown below:
Pollutant
Present
(Occoqua~Limits
BOD, mg/1 1
COD, mg/1 10
Suspended Solids, mg/1 0
TKN, mg/1 0
Total Nitrogen, mg/1 1
Proposed Monthly
Average Limits
3-5
15-20
0-2
3-4
30
SECTION II. The following is submitted in support of the
above requests:
(a) Leesburg's WastewaterManagement Facility Plan was sub-
mitted to the State Water Control Board in February, 1977. It
contains ample justification for the board to recognize as a policy
that an advanced waste treatment plant can achieve virus inactiva-
tion to the "unmeasureable" degree required. Leesburg supports
the case by case review of facility plans as proposed in the hear-
ing notice.
(b) Effluent limits applicable to treatment plants discharging
into the Occoquan reservoir were imposed on the entire Dulles area
watershed. The cost of meeting these standards for the Leesburg
plant is unnecessarily burdensome and unjustified since the plant
will discharge into Goose Creek--a flowing stream not a drinking
water reservoir. Leesburg's present discharge (without any up-
grading) accounts for only a part of pollution loads in Goose
Creek as shown below:
BOD
Total Nitrogen as N
Phosphorus as PO4
Suspended Solids
Point Ratio P/NP
Nonpoint (Leesburs) as %
4,500 350 7.7%
2,200 690 37%
440 220 50%
625,000 350 .05%
Leesburg will account for even lower levels after completion
of its advance waste treatment plant as shown below:
Point Ratio P/NP
Nonpoint (Leesburg) as %
BOD 4,500 240 5%
Total Nitrogen as N 2,200 550 25%
Phosphorus as PO4 440 70 16%
Suspended Solids 625,000 200 .05%
Because nonpoint sources are the primary cause of pollution
in Goose Creek and because Leesburg's will be the only point source,
the effluent limits shown above should be adopted for point sources
on Goose Creek. These limits pose no health or environmental dan-
ger and coupled with virus inactivation they adequately protect
downstream water users.
PASSED this 24th day of May , 1978.
ATTEST:
Clerk of C~cil
Mary A~ne Newman, Mayor
Town of Leesburg