Pinelands Commission speaks about sewer effluent
Wednesday, February 6, 2019 • The Hammonton Gazette • Page 3
PINELANDS, from Page 1
the Pinelands Commission and
also said he would “stand by” his
prior quote about the town not
being told by the Pinelands to pur-
chase any particular piece of
ground for drip irrigation of
treated sewer effluent from the
Hammonton Waste Water treat-
ment Plant.
Horner answered several ques-
tions from The Gazette regarding
the disposal of the treated sewer
effluent, and the consequences if
the town did not keep the treated
effluent from the sewer plant out
of the Hammonton Creek. the
town is holding a council meeting
at 7 p.m. on February 7 where
they may vote to move forward on
a $2.6 million spending plan that
includes $1.8 million for the pur-
chase of the “back 9” holes of
Frog rock Golf and Country
Club, plus hundreds of thousands
of more dollars for an extension of
a sewer line on Boyer avenue as
well as an expansion of drip irri-
gation on town-owned property
on Boyer avenue.
[For more history about the
issue, please read the Resolution
of the New Jersey Pinelands Com-
mission “To Approve With Condi-
tions Hammonton’s Long Term
Comprehensive Wastewater Plan
to Eliminate the Discharge of
Treated Wastewater to Hammon-
ton Creek” on page 13.]
During the January 30 inter-
view, Horner commented directly
on the matter, including public
comments during the January 28
council meeting by Mayor
Stephen DiDonato regarding the
possibility of the town being put
on a moratorium.
“there’s not an overt threat of a
moratorium, but we have notified
the town of Hammonton that
they’re going to have to prove
they have capacity at the waste
water treatment plant for new and
existing development,” Horner
said.
When asked if the town had to
purchase the golf holes from Frog
rock Golf and Country Club,
Horner said, “i stand by my prior
quote” referring to a quote he had
given to The Gazette when asked
about the same matter in august
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of 2018, which was as follows:
“We are not requiring the pur-
chase of this particular piece of
land. if the town wants to do it—
increase infrastructure to get
wastewater out of the stream—we
think that’s a good thing. But i
want to be clear: We’re not advo-
cating this particular parcel or this
particular method over any other
particular parcel or particular
method. But we appreciate what
the town is trying to do with the
treated effluent now and in the fu-
ture,” Horner said during the au-
gust 2018 interview.
Horner said the Pinelands sup-
ported using the treated effluent
on the golf holes.
“We think that reuse of waste-
water is a good idea. We feel the
spray irrigation has its place, be-
cause it’s reuse of a valuable re-
source,” Horner said.
there are, however, some re-
strictions on spraying on the prop-
erty, Horner said.
“No spray irrigation into wet-
lands and buffers to wetlands.
Spray irrigation in the undisturbed
portions of the wetlands buffers in
the forest area would have to be
reviewed by Pinelands to see if it
is allowed, so it’s neither a ‘yes’ or
a ‘no.’ Spraying on fairways is
OK,” Horner said.
in his interview with The
Gazette in august of 2018, Horner
mentioned some other limitations.
the Pinelands Commission would
have to investigate the irrigation
equipment, he said then.
“the irrigation equipment
would have to be investigated to
see if it could be used, or if new
irrigation equipment would have
to be installed,” Horner said in
august of 2018.
During the January 30 inter-
view, Horner was asked if the
town could use an alternative
method for disposing of the efflu-
ent, such as solid cakes rather than
the current liquid form.
Pinelands
Commission
Spokesman Paul Leaken emailed
The Gazette with an answer on
February 1.
“Not unique to the Pinelands,
most if not all wastewater treat-
ment plants wind up with residual
waste resulting from the waste-
water treatment process. to the
extent those residual solids are
sold or directed to another legally
permitted use, it does not raise an
issue with the Commission,”
Leaken wrote in an email on be-
half of the Pinelands Commission.
a special meeting of council re-
garding the disposal of treated
sewer effluent and the potential
purchase of the “back 9” of Frog
rock Golf and Country Club for
$1.8 million, along with other
sewer-related improvements, will
be held at town hall at 7 p.m. on
February 7.
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