The Prichard Water Works & Sewer System here has agreed to pay as much as almost $235,000 to resolve allegations leveled by state regulators related to problems at sewage treatment plants and failures to report spills.
Under terms of the agreement, the utility can cut the $234,675 penalty to $78,225 if it completes a supplemental engineering project. Spending $750,000 will be a major hit on a system that is so cash-strapped that its board chairman recently expressed doubt it could afford a small donation to the city of Prichard’s Juneteenth celebration.The engineering project includes repairing privately owned sewer lines at customer’s homes, pipes “that are breaking or failing in certain cases,” Ross said.
Ross said most of the money the utility intends to spend will be “turned back to the community for the betterment of the community,” instead of fines. ADEM inspected the Morris plant on June 16, 2020, and noted incomplete records and equipment that was not working. Some of the equipment appeared to be overgrown with algae and a machine used to remove sand, salt and grit from the water was not operating, according to the report. The inspector also noted that a tool used to separate biological agents form treated water was not running.
An Aug. 12, 2020, inspection detailed incomplete records of water sampling and an inability by the utility to provide maintenance records and facility operator log books. Other equipment was clogged with algae, and the plant could not provide other records.
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