Sunnyside agrees to accept wastewater from Delta


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SUNNYSIDE, Wash. -- Sunnyside's wastewater treatment plant will be the final resting place for some of the chemicals at a natural gas well high in the Horse Heaven Hills.

The Sunnyside City Council on Monday voted
5-0 to allow Delta Petroleum to dispose of 400,000 gallons of potassium chloride at the waste water plant.

The Denver-based company has spent more 16 months drilling a natural gas well about 12 miles southeast of Bickleton, but the company announced last month that its engineers did not find commercially viable amounts of gas and is still debating its next move.

However, Delta Petroleum representatives have asked Sunnyside officials if they could throw away the potassium chloride -- basically "salt," as City Manager Jim Bridges described it -- in Sunnyside for a nickel per gallon. The deal gives the city's sewer fund an unexpected $20,000 boost.

Bridges told the council the plant processes 1.5 million gallons of water per day. Delta's request is a "minute amount," he said.

The chemical won't hurt the plant or violate its permit with the state Department of Ecology,
he said.



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Posted by Nick at 10/28/09 04:27AM        Post ID#: #16240

Sell the salt to the county or state for the roads this winter. That seems to be what they are using now anyway - ruining our cars in the process.

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Posted by Datruef at 10/28/09 09:24AM        Post ID#: #16266

Wow, the city council and the manager does not want 400 new homes in this community. But they do want other waste. But I suppose the city manager feels they need $20,000 to help recoup the $60,000.00 bonus the city just paid him and his live in via a settlement caused by him ! Don't say messy around with other city employees doesn't pay. Now he can pay for that new swimming pool he is putting in. Thank you taxpayers of Sunnyside !!!!

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Posted by Aurelius at 10/28/09 11:57AM        Post ID#: #16286

I wouldn't except any chemical into my community. Im just going to sit back and see what happens. 10-20 years from now this will come back.

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Posted by Aurelius at 10/28/09 11:58AM        Post ID#: #16287

Also 20,000 was way too cheap I'd of charged way more.

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