To the Editor:
I was disappointed to read that the Colvin Run Septic Sewage Receiving Plant will be "temporarily" closing on June 27 due to the "Difficult Run Pump Station Project" (“Sewage Hauled Elsewhere,” Great Falls Connection, June 1-7, 2016).
The article which I read did not reveal a projected date for reopening. The article also indicates that Septic companies will thereafter be required to take their loads of "honey" to the Blue Plains treatment plant in D.C. or the Upper Occoquan Service Authority in Centreville. Both of these alternatives will be an extreme hardship for Septic companies.
Residents of Great Falls already pay $300 or more to have their Septic systems emptied, as we have no water and sewage service provided by Fairfax County. If the Septic company must drive to D.C. or Centreville, a minimum of a two hour round trip from Great Falls, Great Falls residents will be charged hundreds of dollars more for such services. Did anyone obtain details of such additional charges before the decision was made to close the Colvin Run facility?
I am not familiar with the "Difficult Run Pump Station Project", but when that Project was initially designed, it should have provided for the continuing operation of the Colvin Run Septic Receiving Plant.
Dave Elmore
Great Falls