The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-05-09
Valley Alliance May
 Aid Stream Problem
State Water Commission Interested in Entire Nauga.
 tuck River-Thomaston Sewage Collection Plan


 |, building q trunk iinc sewer up the Nnugntuck river from Washington avenue bridge to Watervllle. An | even larger amount iB estimated na the cost of n similar trunk limo up | the Mnd river to service the lat t- | erals in tho eastern section of tho | city.
 Continued Operation Costly Tho completion Of tho disposal plant undoubtedly will demand the further expenditureof sb0,000 Ca | $l00 ,000 to put tho unc0mpletcd ono Into working operation. Con- tinued operation Of plant ncces- sary for Waterbury would entail q further expenditure of yf00 1000 annually.
 Valley communltics arc no bet | ter or worso off than Waterbury, For example in TorringtOn nt the | hcadwatcrB of tho stream sur vey supplied by Director Wadhama of tho state water commission "a shows that site for n treatment plant has been purcased and the main OutfalI sewer is being ex- | tended from itB present outlet in tho river to tho point where the disposadl plant will be built. This is being done under CWA aus | piceB.
 Thomaston has surveyed it's site uation and has a plan of sewage collection and disposal ready for future use. Right now there is nd public sewage system in the town. Whatever pollution 1t contributes may Do from private sewers emptying Into tho stream. It owns G site for disposal plant. Naugatuck is ready to build ita disposal plant, south of the bor- ough. when Waterbury builds hers.
 Beacon Falls and Seymour do not maintain public sewage 'sys- tcms. Pollution of tho stream ia from private sewers.
 AnhODia, Derby and shelton 1 maintain systems but as yet have no disposal plant. They propose eventually to construct n joint one on small Island fin tho HouBa- tonic river. but thep Ian is not yei advanced to th ecOnHtruction stage, T0rringt0n and NanuRatuck are rated by tho commission as tho farthest advanced towards actual pollution elimination with Water. bury probably following closely behind.
 Industrial wastes cannot b, eliminated as yet due Co tho cx. tremeIy high cost of installation of the necessary dcvIccB. The stat, law requires that if tho commits. sion order m iDdustriaiIst to cease
 river pollution 1t must also state
 how thIs pollution shall end.
 Experiments started
 Experiments are now being con. ducted in state laboratories and also nt n brnss plant ln the Nnuga tuck valley to determine ways and means of eliminating the various types Of industrial wastes with- ont excessive cost t0 the manu- aeturer. Until these are entirely proved economical and efficient no efforts can be made to force the manufacturer to join tho m0ve- ment against stream pollution. The conclusion is quite evident. Tho Eaugatuck valley is II unit and not several individual c0mmunitieH with regard to stream pollution by sewage. Only tho Joint cooperation of such towns as Torrington. Wn- tcrbury, Naugatuck. Ans0nin. Der. by and shelton places maintaining I public sewage systems. can ter- minntc tho distastefui and harmful conditions now prevailing. Only united action. ao far na financial means may perihlt. will restore the | polnblenons of the NauEatuck river from source lo mouth.