The city of Thomasville will spend more than $140,000 to investigate the causes of a recent sewage spill and pay fines levied by the state.
The Thomasville City Council voted unanimously at its meeting Monday to use money from the city's water and sewer funds to pay the $35,116 fine to the N.C. Division of Water Quality.
The city will use the rest of the money to hire outside companies to analyze the city's sewage-collection system, investigate employees' reactions to the spill, and evaluate data from the sewage treatment plant about the cause, duration and expected environmental impact of the spill.
Between mid-July and early August, the spill dumped as much as 15.9 million gallons of untreated wastewater into North Hamby Creek, which feeds into High Rock Lake.
"We want to improve the performance of our employees, improve our collection system and reduce the likelihood of anything like this happening in the future," said Kelly Craver, the city manager.
"It's one step along the way to a resolution, but I think we still have questions regarding the cause, duration and long-term effects of this reported spill," he said.
On Friday, Dean Naujoks, the Yadkin RiverKeeper, will hold a public forum to discuss the spill and its effects at a meeting at High Rock Lake.
tclodfelter@wsjournal.com
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The forum will be 6 p.m. Friday at Camp Walter Johnson, 918 Walter Johnson Road, near Denton. For more information, go to www.yadkinriverkeeper.org.
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