Localized Waste Water Treatment for Brandt


February 2, 1990
  • Coverletter of the results of a survey taken in Brandt.

July 1, 2004

November 15, 2004

July 1, 2007
  • A $500,000 loan from the Ohio Public Works Commission and $340,000 SCIP grant was available for wastewater treatment in Brandt. [On July 10, 2008, the loan was terminated and the grant was reduced to $90,000.

March 2008
  • The preliminary engineering report from consultanting firm LJB, Inc., to the Miami County Engineer. (full text)
  • Page 1 shows that it was the Miami County Engineer that "determined that it is necessary to remedy" a problem that affects 74 homes and 13 businesses, NOT THE OHIO EPA.
  • Page 2 says that the Ohio EPA is willing to issue a permit limited to Brandt, but they would not do so if the service area included new development.
  • Page 8 of the report states that the ONLY treatment technology that reliably meets all of the criteria put forth by the township trustees, i.e., exceed Ohio EPA standards, no objectional ordors or nroise, nice appearance appropriate for a residential community setting, and highly reliable among other things, is a Membrane Bio-reactor treatment  system.

July 9, 2008
The county is encouraged to reapply for money to construct the WWTP in                   Brandt.

July 9, 2008
  • Letter from Ohio Public Works Commission. Five years went by with no construction

July 10, 2008
  • The July 1, 2007, $500,000 loan from the Ohio Public Works Commission for the Brandt project was terminated and a $340,000 grant was reduced to $90,000

November 15, 2009





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