Date: Fri 01-Dec-1995

Publication: Bee

Author: ANDYG

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WPCA-sewers-directional-drill

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WPCA Slates Info Session On Directional Drilling

The Water Pollution Control Authority (WPCA) has scheduled a public

informational session on directional drilling, an innovative technique it's

considering using to install gravity-powered sanitary sewers on the east side

of Main Street to prevent damage to the mature trees there.

The session is slated for 8:30 pm on Wednesday, December 6, in the Alexandria

Room of Edmond Town Hall. The topic of where to place sewers to serve the east

side of Main Street also is scheduled for discussion at that meeting.

Also on December 6, the WPCA is scheduled to hold two subcommittee meetings

before the directional drilling informational session. The WPCA's sewer

assessment subcommittee is slated to meet at 7:30 pm and its sewer limits

subcommittee is scheduled for 8 pm, both in the Alexandria Room.

Hemlock Directional Boring of Torrington is scheduled to explain aspects of

the sewer installation process to the public.

In directional drilling, the bore holes into which sewer lines would be

inserted lie below the root systems of trees to avoid damaging those trees.

There are more sites on the east side of Main Street lying between Church Hill

Road and Glover Avenue than between Schoolhouse Hill Road and Church Hill Road

where directional drilling would be applicable.

Directional drilling requires the excavation of entry pits and exit pits

between which the drilling would take place.