The town of Brighton has paid fines and has a construction plan to deal with a long history of non-compliance to government rules by its water pollution control plant.
Since June of 2008, the monthly average concentration of ammonia nitrogen from the stabilization pond was exceeded on 65 occasions.
Earlier this year, Brighton agreed to plead guilty to four counts of exceeding total Ammonia Nitrogen levels, and paid fines and victim fine surcharges for a total of $250,000.
The town has a long history of non-compliance under the Ontario Water Resources Act but now is on track to build a $7.1 million specialized treatment system called a Moving Bed Biological Reactor system.
CAO Bob Casselman explains.
Casselman tells Quinte News there are a number of reasons this all occurred
A Provincial Officer’s Order was issued to Brighton on October 17, 2018 requiring that by March 31 of this year the town submit a design report for installation and operation of a specialized treatment system.
A completed application is to be submitted by July 12.
The CAO’s report indicates the town is completing some preliminary planning work and will meet the July 12 deadline.
A construction tender will be issued this fall.
Construction of the new system is expected to begin next year.
Casselman says Brighton will try for some third party federal and provincial funding to help with the project.
