Tuesday, February 19, 2013
State officials made a stop in Lakewood last week to go over some fixes.
Some members of the Ohio EPA believe that the city of Lakewood isn’t doing enough to comply with the Clean Water Act, stemming from the city’s excessive storm-water runoff. Not so fast, say city officials. “We’ve done a substantial amount of work,” said Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers. State officials visited the city last Thursday to go over some of the city’s work to fix the issue. “It (was) a big meeting because the Ohio EPA has several members who feel we haven’t done enough,” he said. “It’s an act of ignorance on their part.” Lakewood has already spent “tens of millions of dollars” on upgrading the sewers since 1987, he said. That work includes separating sewers lines and studying and improving the process, Summers added. In addition…
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
Lakewood City Council to vote on the measures on Dec. 17.
As part of the discussion for next year’s city budget, Lakewood City Council is considering raising both the water and the sewer rates. City officials are looking to increase the sewer rates by 10 percent in 2013 in an effort to offset the cost of future sewer repairs mandated by the EPA. The topic came up during a round of budget negotiations on Saturday, reported LoveLakewood.com. Last week, an official from the EPA set up shop for a few days at Lakewood City Hall to examine the city’s storm water runoff. With Lakewood reporting in 2010 that 91.4 million gallons of storm/sewer water were dumped into Lake Erie, the EPA is forcing the city to make some changes. Those fixes to the city’s infrastructure could be expensive — as much as $500 …
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
An official from the EPA is coming to Lakewood this week to work with city officials in an effort to resolve the city’s storm water runoff into Lake Erie.
An official from the EPA will be setting up shop in Lakewood City Hall this week. He’ll also make some stops at the city’s Wastewater Treatment Plant to examine the city’s excessive storm water runoff into Lake Erie. “His visit is to get familiar with our system and our issues,” said Lakewood Mayor Michael Summers. “Our issues are having a 100-year system, with no capacity to make a $100-million investment.” City officials concede that for the past 100 years in Lakewood, “the solution to pollution was dissolution.” That’s no longer an option. “We’ve been trying to gain ground since Lakewood was built,” said Summers. With Lakewood reporting in 2010 that 91.4 million gallons of storm/sewer water were dumped into Lake Erie, the EPA is forcing…
Susan Kaminski
1:48 pm on Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In 1997-98, Lakewood was undergoing a project to repair the roads and including replacing the sewer/water drain pipes. If I recall, the streets were evaluated and the worst streets were targeted first, there was also federal money or grants provided because home owners could apply for a 20% rebate on certain home repairs (new roof for example). If replacing sewer/water drains was the case, … more ›