The Lakeside County Water & Sewer District says they need to expand their current capacity and, time’s awastin’. Opponents of the project say they weren’t given enough time to review DEQ documents regarding the Groundwater Pollution Control System permit, and so, more time has been allowed.
The District’s needs are growing anyway, but with an anticipated Flathead Lake Club and the planned Flathead County Septage System coming online, they say the need to get going on the project.
Flathead County Commissioners turned-over their proposed Septage Treatment Plant to the Lakeside County Water & Sewer District. That included the sale of the nearly 37-acres they purchased along Wiley Dyke Road to Lakeside for exactly what they paid for it, $1.5-million.
It wasn’t what the County originally planned, but they felt the Lakeside Sewer District was more experienced in these matters. Appearing on the KGEZ Good Morning Show, County Commissioner Pam Holmquist explains that the County doesn’t understand the sewage business–the Lakeside Sewer District does.
And so the timeline has been extended for Public Comment on the proposed expansion.
