INVITING JOINT VENTURE WITH COUNTY?
College Will Replace Septic Fields
With Package Plant Spray Disposal
BY SUSAN USHER
Brunswick Communitv C nllfop will abandon
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;i tailing wastewater treatment system at its
Supply campus and replace it with a new
$200,000 system large enough to serve existing
buildings, future expansion and possibly a neigh
bor.
A trustees' committee will approach Bruns
wick County officials to discuss the possibility of
a joint venture that would also serve the county
government center at Bolivia.
The board of trustees voted last Oct. 19 to pro
ceed with plans to replace the failing low-pres
sure pipe septic tank system that serves the class
toom building and administration building and
other septic tanks on campus. The new system
will include a centralized package treatment plant
and disposal of the effluent by spray irrigation.
Existing wooded areas, turf grass fields or a com
bination could be used to accept the spray.
The system would be large enough to accom
modate existing buildings and some future con
struction. including the planned allied health
classroom and laboratory building and an aqua
culturc/rccreational grounds management facility.
Consulting engineers Houston & Associates
of Shallotte recommended the package plant over
three other alternatives that would have allowed
for little or no future expansion.
Problems with the existing disposal drainfield
began in March, with periodic breakouts or sur
facing of effluent during peak use periods or peri
ods of heavy rainfall.
The system was designed to treatment 8,150
gallons of wastewater per day, a rate the college
has well overgrown. At the time the plant was de
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price tag, the system
would include a
30,000 gallon-ner-day
treatment facility,
pump station, force
main and storage pond.
signed, the collcge had about 350 students com
pared to about 80() today.
The engineers said state-approved system re
flected standards in place at the time of installa
tion that don't reflect current design criteria. As a
result, the field is "severely overloaded" ? that is,
it is receiving more wastewater than it can suc
cessfully treat. Other problems were also identi
fied: a failed pump, holes severely clogged in the
lateral pipes that distribute the wastewater evenly
through the drain field for treatment, and a lack of
preventative maintenance of the system. .
At a roughly $200,000 price tag, the system
would includc a 30,000-gallon-per-day treatment
facility, pump station, force main and storage
pond. As future buildings are added a gravity col
lection system may be needed later at a cost of
about $20,000. The system could be expanded by
up to 50 percent.
"As we look into the future of this college we
need to be environmentally conscientious; right
now we're not," said trustee Dennis Crocker. "To
get that type growth potential for this campus we
would be very remiss not to do it."
Walters later appointed Crocker, Lynda
Stanley and himself to a wastewater committee
that will approach the county regarding collabora
tion on a joint venture.
"The county is having problems at the com
plex which you're probably aware of," he said.
We're only three miles apart along the bypass.
They might want to go in together with us."
"The college has to be committed to this," he
said. Given that the proposed system is large
enough to accommodate the wastewater generat
ed on both sites, Walters continued, "It looks like
it might be in the best interest to involve as many
people as we can. TH? could have been a solution
for Supply Elementar School." (The school ex
perienced a similar but more severe failure of its
low-pressure pipe system and is under a Nov. 12
Brunswick County Board of Health deadline to
replace it.)
While some money is available from the col
lege's county capital funds for the BCC system.
Ben DeBlois, vice president for administration,
the college plans to explore other alternatives, in
cluding a joint venture. Other possibilities include
state grants or loans, or use of some of the $4 mil
lion in state bond funds set aside for the new
Allied Health building, since the system will
serve it.
Also, one recommendation for spending the
$23 million balance of the statewide bond issue
would divide the money evenly between campus
es, giving BCC between S3()(),(K)0 and S400,(XX)
that could be used for this purpose.
Exercise Tests Response To General
Emergency At CP&L Brunswick Plant
Traffic control points. Warning
sirens wailing. Emergency vehicles
crisscrossing the area.
It may look like the real thing,
hut it won't be when Carolina Power
& Light's Brunswick Nuclear Plant
holds its biennial exercise Tuesday,
Nov. 1 to practice response to an
emergency at the plant.
The exercise will measure the
ability of CP&L, state, county and
federal emergency response person
nel to respond to an escalating emer
gency at the plant.
Thirty-four emergency warning
sirens stationed within a 10-mile ra
dius of the plant will sound at full
volume for about three minutes dur
ing the exercise and the Emergency
Broadcast System (EBS) will acti
vate with a test message.
County residents may see activi
ties similar to those that would occur
in a genuine emergency ? workers
conducting environmental monitor
ing in nearby areas and law enforce
ment agencies staffing traffic control
points at some intersections, said
CP&L spokesman Mac Harris.
Brunswick County's Office of
Emergency Management said it will
opens its emergency operations cen
ter (EOC) and open one evacuation
shelter at a school, with a half-dozen
students participating in the exer
cise. County and municipal response
teams have gone through briefings
to prepare for the exercise.
The exercise is part of continu
ous emergency response training for
the Brunswick Plant. CP&L con
ducts emergency exercises every
year that are evaluated by the
Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Every other year, state and county
agencies participate in the exercise.
State and county agencies and
CP&L conduct training and smaller
scale drills throughout the year to
test response activities such as first
aid, fire protection, operations re
sponse and radiation protection.
According to CP&L, the devel
opment and practice of emergency
plans helps assure that the public
would be safe in the unlikely event
of an emergency requiring an emer
gency response.
The plans also allow local emer
gency responders to further prepare
for other emergencies, such as hurri
canes and chemical spills.
Plant-related emergencies are
rated in one of four categories, ac
cording to CP&L:
? An "unusual event," the least
serious, means there is a problem at
the plant that would not affect the
public.
? An "alert" poses no danger to
the public, but is an event that could
lower the plant's level of safety. If
Rose, Williams Goretown Speakers
U.S. Rep. Charlie Rose and
l^orraine Williams, director of the
Exceptional Children's Program of
her
the Brunswick County Schools, will
be guest speakers at a Goretown
Community meeting Saturday, Oct.
29, at 6 p.m. at Pleasant Grove
Baptist Church at Thomasboro.
Larona Johnson Gore and
guests will present a concert.
All parents with school-aged chil
dren are encouraged to attend. For
more information call Mr. or Mrs.
Robert Gore, 287-3991.
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appropriate, state and county offi
cials would prepare emergency cen
ters in case the situation escalates.
? A "site area emergency" is
declared when events are in progress
or have occurred which involve ac
tual or likely major failures of plant
functions needed to protect the pub
lic, but still poses no threat to the
public. If needed, sirens would be
sounded to alert the public to listen
to local radio and television stations
for information and instructions.
? A "general emergency" is a
serious event that requires state and
local officials to take steps to protect
the public. Sirens would be sounded
and local radio and television sta
tions would give information and in
structions. People in affected areas
would be advised to stay indoors or
evacuate.
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Brunswick Community College
Requires Student Parking Decal
Brunswick Community College students will soon need a parking
sticker in addition to a student ID card.
College trustees voted last Wednesday to begin charging students $2
per vehicle for a parking decal.
For full-time students, who pay a $7 per quarter activity fee, the $2
annual charge will be collected from the student activity fee. Students
taking less than a full course load will be charged a separate S2 fee per
?/chide, per yr?r.
Money collected for parking decals and for parking violations wiii
go into a fund that will be used to pay for maintenance erf parking lots.
Ben DeBlois, vice president for administration, said the college is
looking at ways to better meet the needs of handicapped students, in
cluding providing more parking spaces for vans near entrances and ac
commodating students with temporary handicapping conditions.
Trustees at first had considered adopting a lengthy document outlin
ing parking regulations, but decided the details of implementing a park
ing program were best left to the school's administration.
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