Town Commissioners — 2018-02-20

This special meeting of the Queenstown Commissioners on February 20, 2018 addressed emergency actions for groundwater infiltration into the sewer system; attendees included President Thomas B. Willis Jr., Commissioner Holger Schuster, Town Manager/Clerk-Treasurer Amy Moore, Lane Cole, and Vern Vonville of Tidewater Utilities. Staff reported heavy infiltration after recent rains (3,180,000 gallons of water put out versus 4,118,000 gallons of sewer received), agreed to clean membranes when flows allow, and the commissioners voted to televise (camera-inspect) specific sewer segments immediately (two areas on Del Rhodes Avenue and Main Street at the wastewater plant entrance); Mobile Dredging and Video Pipe were contacted and manhole bowl inserts were ordered from Dover Plumbing.