HomeMy Public PortalAbout1980_03_12_R032 TOWN OF LEESBURG
IN
LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA
RESOLUTION NO. 80-32 PRESENTED March 12, 1980
ADOPTED March 12, 1980
A RESOLUTION: ADOPTING A REVISED PLAN FOR WASTEWATER MANAGE}.fENT
FACILITIES
W"HEREAS, the Town of Leesburg in 1977 submitted a wastewater
management facilities plan to the State Water Control Board for up-
grading and enlarging the Leesburg sewage treatment plant and construc-
tion of certain trunk sewers; and
WHEREAS, an addendum to the plan reviewing land application
alternatives was submitted to the State Water Control Board in May,
1979; and
WHEREAS, as a result of State Water Control Board review of the
1977 plan and 1979 addendum and controversies over the Dulles Area Water-
shed Policy the Town was requested by the Board to revise the facilities
plan to expand the existing sewage treatment capacity under its current
NPDES effluent limitations and upgrade treatment capacity to meet
Dulles Area Watershed Policy sometime in the future; and
W-HEREAS, Betz-Converse-Murdoch, Inc., consulting engineers of
Vienna, Virginia have completed the revised plan for Leesburg waste-
water management facilities; and
WHEREAS, the plan describes in Alternative B an expansion of the
existing trickling filter plant to 2.5 MGD capacity and addition of
tertiary facilities to meet advanced sewage treatment requirements
of the eXisting NPDES permit and future upgrading of the plant to
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meet the advanced waste treatment standards of tbe Dulles Area Water-
shed Policy; and
WHEREAS, this alternative is the most efficient, economic and
practical plan for wastewater management facilities for the Town of
Leesburg taking economic, social and implementation criteria into
account:
THEREFORE, RESOLVED by the Council of the Town of Leesburg in
Virginia as follows:
SECTION I. The March, 1980 Revised Plan for Wasterwater Manage-
ment Facilities for the Town of Leesburg in Virginia by Betz-Converse-
Murdoch, Inc. is adopted.
SECTION II. ~iAtternative B as described in the plan is selected
as the official plan enlarging and upgrading wastewater management
facilities for the Town of Leesburg in Virginia.
SECTION III. The Town of Leesburg is willing to carry ou~ the
project to completion provided grant funds are made available under
Public Law 92-500, as amended.
SECTION IV. The manager, John Niccolls, is authorized and direct-
ed to sign applications and agreements on behalf of the town which are
necessary and appropriate for furtherance of the project and federal
grants- in-aid.
PASSED this 12th
ATTEST:
Cle~ ~n
day of March
, 1980.
K~nneth B. Rollins, Ma~zor
To~n of Leesburg