. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Dare County May Be Test Ground Dare County may be the first testing grounds for an ocean outfall'in North Carolina. Two years ago the Dare County Board of Commissioners be- gan grappling in earnest with plans for a munici- pal sewage treatment plant for the larger commu- nities in the county. In October 1976 a proposal to study the possibility of an outfall in the county was completed by Henry von Oesen Associates, a Wil- mington engineering firm. William E. Burnett, one of the firm's engineers, is co
. Coast watch. Marine resources; Oceanography; Coastal zone management; Coastal ecology. Dare County May Be Test Ground Dare County may be the first testing grounds for an ocean outfall'in North Carolina. Two years ago the Dare County Board of Commissioners be- gan grappling in earnest with plans for a munici- pal sewage treatment plant for the larger commu- nities in the county. In October 1976 a proposal to study the possibility of an outfall in the county was completed by Henry von Oesen Associates, a Wil- mington engineering firm. William E. Burnett, one of the firm's engineers, is convinced that Dare County is one of the best sites for an outfall in North Carolina. "There is no other way of disposing of the wastewater in Dare County that is environmentally sound and cost effective," he said. The engineering firm's study plan has now passed the approval of the state's reviewing agency, the Division of Environmental Manage- ment of the Department of Natural and Economic Resources. Dare County officials are waiting for EPA approval before they proceed with the study. Once the final study is complete, approval of both agencies will be required before actual construc- tion is begun. The preliminary plan calls for construction of an outfall which would ultimately serve Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Kill Devil Hills, Manteo and the Wanchese Harbor fisheries complex. Accord- ing to Burnett, the outfall would be built either in Nags Head or Kill Devil Hills. The plan is based on a projected flow of million gallons of treated wastewater per day for the year 1990. The outfall pipe would reach out into the ocean about a mile and discharge would be into 45 or 50 feet of water. The tentative plan also proposes that domestic sewage be treated to a secondary level at a treat- ment plant located on about 15 acres of land near Kill Devil Hills. Secondary treatment removes about 90 percent of the suspended solids from the wastewater and the majority (but not all) of t
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