BWD Engineering Committee Meeting

Wednesday - December 30: The Buckeye Water District Engineering Committee held their regular bi-weekly Progress Meeting for Part A of the Salineville Waterline Project. The meeting was held at the new Water Treatment Plant. Present at the meeting were committee members Gene McGaffick and Tim O'Hara. Also present was Board President Mike Ryan, Board members Jack Call & Bob Wines, District Manager Al DeAngelis, BWD Fiscal Officer Sara Crouch, BWD Project Inspector Mark Allison, Dave Sugar of Sugar Excavating, Dallis Dawson & Jon Blair of Dallis Dawson & Assocs.


The meeting started with Route 39 resident Scott Connor once again inquiring on the status of repairs to his water system. The Conner residence gets there water via a pipeline from a spring to a cistern. Conner claims that since the new water line was installed rain water now pools over his pipes allowing ground water to enter his cistern. Conner claims before the installation of the new line he & his mother never experienced this problem.


At the last regular Board meeting, on December 17, Conner was advised the area would be checked and if found to be caused by the new pipeline installation BWD will correct the problem. The new line goes under Conner's pipe. BWD Inspector Allison said the area has been checked and a culvert will be installed to divert ground water even though it is questionable that the new installation is causing the problem. Dave Sugar added that dirt will be mounded up on both sides to add an extra measure to direct ground water away from the area. With the holidays, work schedules and now ODOT, work has not been able to get started on the area.

Dave Sugar reported there is not a lot new since the last meeting. Some of the directional drilling has been held up because of the holidays. That will be completed the first part of January when the company with the subcontract returns to work. Three under road bores are done - two at Steubenville Pike and one at the Southern Local School Complex.

Line testing has been halted waiting on the final tie-in along the "swamp" area that requires the directional drilling. Sugar advised ODOT is satisfied with the visqueen/concrete temporary patches on the road cuts. There is 60 yards of dig able concrete on those patches that will be replaced with asphalt in the spring.

Mark Allison reported there is a spot at Nicholson Road along Route 39 where the bottom is collecting water. Allison reported it is the lowest point in the whole project and a pipe will be installed to divert the water to a near-by ditch.

Cost for the Crews Road extension is $134,893. All plans and costs have been submitted to the EPA for their approval. Once that is received work can proceed on the extension. Allison reported that Madison Twp. Trustees do not want any dirt piled up on the road surface for the Crews Road extension. This is contrary to what ODOT permits and it was thought they feared that scraping up the dirt would damage the chip & seal surface. District Manager Al DeAngelis will see what can be worked out for that.

Sugar advised they are finishing the tap-ins. Some are waiting for the final pieces of the line to be connected. There were 13 tap-ins for Part A not counting those on the Crews Road extension. For Crews Road there are 10 confirmed with another two or three more probably in the spring. BWD personnel will be installing the tap-ins for the Crews Road extension which is nearly 2,000 feet of waterline. That extension will require two under the road borings. Everything is in place for a Southern Local tap-in if they decide to sign on for the new water supply.

Board member Bob Wines advised there is an EPA program that pays all costs for tap-ins for families that don't exceed the set income guide lines. District Manager DeAngelis explained that the EPA program covers everything from the tap-in to the main waterline to hooking up the residence for those individuals. More information is available by contacting the BWD office.

Dave Sugar summed up the Progress meeting stating that except for testing all equipment will be off Route 39 in early January. Restoration is around 40% completed with the other 60% having temporary fixes. Those areas will be completed in the early spring as soon as weather permits. In his opinion Sugar said he felt everything went very smoothly for Part A and the co-operation of all parties concerned was outstanding.

A final Progress Meeting will be held at a yet to be determined date near the end of January for Part A. BWD personnel will notify all parties when a date is set.

Discussion moved on to Part B of the project which is held up by Salineville. At their last Council meeting Salineville officials tabled an arrangement for a paying bills agreement until they could clarify ownership of their old water treatment plant, reservoir and surrounding land. CDBG grants for the project was awarded to Salineville and the CDBG requires a signed agreement from them for BWD to handle the funds. Once the memo of agreement is received BWD will issue the Notice-to-Proceed for Part B.

District Manager DeAngelis explained that once the new water line is tied into the Village all the Salineville property the water district now controls will be turned back over to them. The EPA agreement for the new system requires that the old treatment plant be taken completely out of operation. DeAngelis stated that the only thing they are interested in is leasing a metal shed currently on Salineville property to be used for parts storage. Other than renting that shed BWD does not want ownership of any additional real estate. Except for the waterline everything else will be Salineville's.

Another BWD Engineering Committee meeting has been scheduled for noon Tuesday, January 5, at the Water Treatment Plant with engineers from Dallis Dawson Assocs. The first part of the meeting will be devoted to going over the future plans for supplying water to Frederick Heights. Dawson Assocs. have been conducting a door-to-door survey to determine the number of potential customers. The second part of the meeting will be to take a field trip to the Hibbits Mill Pump Station to determine the best route to tie in the main water line for the replacement of the line into Wellsville. BWD wants plans for that project completely engineered and drawn up to be "shelf ready" if and when funds become available.

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