East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1921-07-13
Recommend Sewage Disposal
Plant be Constructed and
No Incinerator be Built.
GULCH DUMP COULD BE
USED FOR iNCINERATOR
Plan would be More Economical
ant. Would be More Sanitary
Than Present Practice.

Recommendations that a sewage
disposal plant be constructed to take
care of the sewage of the city of Pen
dieton. and that no incinerator be built
at this time are the two chief features
/, of the report of Baar and Cunning
ham, consulting engineers of Portland,
who have been investigating the needs
of the city during the past three
months. The report consisting of 21
typewriter pages and three maps were
received the latter part Of last week
and will be presented to the city
council at the regular meeting this
evening.
The recommendation that the con-
struction of an incinerator would not
be advisable from a business point of
view is based on an examination of the
character of the material on the old
city dumping ground. An analysis
made by the engineers shows that a
large percentage Of the stuff ON the
dump is non-com bustible and could
not be burned in an moderator.
Suggests GlucI Dump
To take the place of an incinerator
the report suggests that one of the
deep gulches or ravines that can read
lily be found within easy hauling dis
tance of the city be secured and that
refuse be disposed of there. The plan
would be more economical than an in
clnerator, and ii would be much nero
sanitary than the present practice, the
report indicates.
In reference to the need of sewage
plant. the report has the fol-
lowing to say:
There is no question but that real
demand exists for the treatment of the
Fendleton city sewage prior to its dis
charge into the Umatilla River. Fav-
orable sites for sewage disposal plant
are found near the present sewer out
fall. On account of grades and eleva-
tions. part of the existing sewer must
be replaced but aside from the cost |
this introduces no Objectionable fea-
ture. A plant such as is proposed can |
be operated with minimum of atten- |
ton and at small annual expense. /
The effluent will be practically color
loss and odorless. The plant itself, if |
located on the proposed sites, will be |
unobjectionable from the standpoint of |
odor and sanitation
Costs of Plant
The costs, exclusive of the cost of |
the site are:
of outfall ~ s,S60.75 /
Imhoff tank ............. S0.S77.60 /
5ludge bed ......... 10000 |
Total ...-....... ............... $40, 1885 |
To the above must be added the cost |
1f real estate.
The report continues:
''rhe foregoing gross estimate of |
lost represents an Improvement which |
goes much farther than to provide for |
treatment of the present sewage out |
flow. The reconstruction of the out /
fall sewer is an item not contemplated |
in the original discussions of the sub |
iect, and its cost. SSS60.75, is a sub |
stantial part of the total. The levee |
along .Tutuilla-- Creek isl
TN important part of the whole scheme |
tut not an element of the sewage dis |
posal plant. /
The plan is we'll adapted for con-
by units or in part, to fit the |
financial limitations and the imnled-
late demands of the situation The /
mOff tank alone, without supplement I
tary filtration of the efflhent, win to |
Z very large extent remove the obtec- /!
ton to the discharge of sewage into !
lie river The effluent from the tank /
will have no floating solids, and will /
have only the odor and color of fresh !
sewage"
Big sewage Volume
The investigation of the engineers I
shows that the volume of sewage being /
discharged through the system every |
day is in excess of 100000, which is |
excessive for the length of |
sewers and the number of connections !
An explanation of this heavy volume is I
as follows:
THE sewer ~crossng under the !
Umatilla river at Main street is broken !
and permits a large inflow of water |
from the river. I'm 1918, this was esti-
mated at ss3.oO0 gallons in "a hours,
and since the condition at this river /
has been aggravated it is GER
tain that the existing inflow is not less
than this figure, In addition to this
known leakage it is evident that there
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