North Royalton pays Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District to encase sewer in concrete

NORTH ROYALTON, Ohio – Town can pay Northeast Ohio Regional Sewer District $105,700 to encase a sanitary sewer in concrete in an unnamed tributary of the Rocky River.

The sewer and tributary run behind the town’s Service Division on Ohio 82 between York Highway and West one hundred and thirtieth Avenue. Initially, the sewer was underground parallel to the tributary, however resulting from erosion of the riverbanks, the sewer ended up uncovered within the widened stream.

“It’s a concrete pipe,” stated Jennifer Pilkey Elting, NEORSD spokesperson. “It wasn’t leaking however we wished to encase it in extra concrete so it could be protected in opposition to injury, like if a tree hit it.”

Along with encasing the sewer in concrete, NEORSD has put in rock riffles within the stream that may assist direct sediment towards the sewer. The sediment, if the design works, will accumulate on the concrete encasement, offering the sewer extra safety.

The sewer encasement is an element of a bigger Rocky River Stream Stabilization and Sewer Safety Undertaking by NEORSD. The venture concerned stabilizing 130 linear ft of deteriorated streambank, together with the part with the sanitary sewer, alongside the Rocky River tributary in North Royalton.

The venture price the district an estimated $994,000, minus the town’s contribution for the sewer encasement. A lot of the work was accomplished in June, Pilkey Elting stated.

Town, though contributing $105,700 towards the venture, used a fund held by the district to pay for its prices.

In NEORSD’s Group Price-Share Program, 25 p.c of the annual stormwater payment a neighborhood pays to the district is put aside for initiatives in that neighborhood. North Royalton tapped that fund to pay for the sewer encasement.