Koontz Lake Clean Water Plant Up And Running

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The Koontz Lake Regional Sewer District’s Clean Water Plant is fully functional and is in compliance with all state and federal requirements.

The period for mandatory connection to the system has been extended 90 days to Nov. 30 in order to accommodate residents and businesses whose contractors are overwhelmed by business volume. Any account that has not obtained a permit for connection by Aug. 30 will be charged a $50 late penalty and all accounts that fail to connect by November 30 will be charged a monthly penalty equal to 20 percent of their regular monthly bill. That penalty will be charged each month until connection has been completed. Additional penalties may apply in addition to those already established if determined necessary.

A ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly-operational Clean Water Plant is scheduled for Friday, July 20, and an open house will be held Saturday, July 21 for all who would like to see the new facility.

Koontz Lake Regional Sewer District Operational

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Early in the project, crews worked to install a small diameter force main as part of the collection system

The long-awaited sewer system in Koontz Lake was put into operation with a connection of three homes on Monday, March 5th.

“At our February meeting, we made a determination that the system was at a stage of substantial completion,” said Koontz Lake Regional Sewer District President, Paul Warnke. “This allowed us to begin connection to households and businesses. On Monday, March 5th, we had the first three homes officially connected to the system with full functionality and we then had ceremonial toilet flushes.”

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Koontz Lake Regional Sewer District Project in Progress and on Schedule

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Paul Warnke

A project that began in 2002 is in the construction phase and should be completed by the summer of 2012. The Koontz Lake Sewer project is making headway and Paul Warnke of the Koontz Lake Regional Sewer District is in to talk to us about it today.

“We started initial construction of the collection system about a month ago and they’re working out there everyday, five days a week, and so far, I’d have to say we’re pretty much on target,” said Warnke.

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