The date that Hamilton County Water and Wastewater Treatment Authority will officially request a sewer connection to the Moccasin Bend Wastewater Treatment Plant is near.
That means the town of Signal Mountain is that much closer to ending an ongoing sewer moratorium that severely limits the number of new sewer connections allowed.
“That’s not something we can do until we’re done with the moratorium,” said Town Manager Honna Rogers in regards to a new sewer line out Shackleford Ridge now under logistical analysis by the town.
She said preliminary discussions with WWTA about helping fund such a project are ongoing, but no formal request has been made. WWTA sometimes covers 40 percent of design and construction costs in areas where the Health Department has identified septic failures.
“There may or may not be enough failed septic tanks to meet that rule,” said WWTA chief engineer Mark Harrison, adding that any such decision is ultimately in the hands of the WWTA board.