Bad sewer month for Portage Township
PORTAGE TOWNSHIP — A rainy month combined with probable infiltration resulted in a bad month for Portage Township’s sewer charges.
April’s bill came to $29,552, which Supervisor Bill Bingham said was above average.
“It appears in 2008, we’ll have one bad month,” he said at Monday’s monthly board meeting.
The way that came about was irregular, Bingham said. More than $8,000 of the bill came from penalty fees, which are triggered when the township has more than 100,000 gallons of sewage in a day. For the next 25,000 gallons, the rate doubles; 25,000 more, and it triples.
The township’s soil is saturated with water, Bingham said, creating optimal conditions for infiltration. He pointed to April 28, when the township had 97,000 gallons; a typical day is between 55,000 and 65,000.
“If there was no leakage with infiltration, the 100,000 gallons (limit) would be adequate,” he said.
Bingham said a search of the sewer lines
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