The city of Bethany faces a 2014 mandate from to replace its 37-year-old sewer plant.
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Bethany Faces Mandate To Replace Sewer Plant
The Bethany Republican-Clipper reported that during a public hearing held last week, an engineer for Snyder and Associates told residents that the old facility will not meet new federal and state environmental regulations coming on the books in two years. The city is asking voters to approve a bond issue in April that would allow construction of a modern wastewater treatment plant southwest of Bethany. The bond issue would allow the city to obtain a low-interest USDA loan, which would be paid off over a 33-year period. If the city were to obtain conventional financing and not hold a bond vote, interest would be considerably higher, perhaps as much as 6.55 percent. The USDA loan would be 2.375 percent.
Residents were told that using the revenue bonds, residents would see their bills increase by $13.74 per month to help retire the bond debt. The conventional financing would result in a $27.50 per month increase.
No matter what the decision, the city will need to build a new plant in order to meet the regulations.