Sewer Order

Silver Lofts Owners/Residents,

With the weather heating up, it is expected that a back-flow of sewer odors may again occur in the Silver Lofts area (as well as portions of Ninth St. to the north and the south: the Ninth St. line is the "worst in the City").

Almost a year ago I reported to you that meetings were under way with the State director of Sewer Odor Control in this area.  He began immediately to draw up plans for a small underground treatment facility up-line, which would effectively remove the odors.  In February it looked as though construction would begin in May.  In March the chosen installation location got shot down and he had to consider alternative sites.  One has finally been settled upon, with final approval pending a late July meeting.  I shall keep you posted.  We are assured by State and City officials that "there should be no problem".  The location is already City property (unlike the previous site).

Practically speaking, it will be late Fall before a 60-90 day construction project takes place.  Hence, it will be NEXT summer before this problem is solved.

For now?  If you so desire, you can install on your own roof an activated charcoal filter that removes these odors.  TLC Plumbing (345-5544) can install this type of filter on top of your vent pipe which kills such odors.  It costs $55 plus installation.  If every unit did this it would probably be quite effective.  If only a few do it, I doubt that you would notice a difference.

The above info is the result of a meeting held this afternoon in Councillor Benton's office with him, his secretary, the City Water Authority Director, the State Odor Control man and several of us from Silver Lofts.

Probably, in the broader historical context of how things like this get done in the City of ABQ, this project is moving at a fast pace.  They assure us that plans and funding and approval are all in place.
It just won't help us much through this immediate summer.

More when I know more...

Roger Elsinger
Silver Lofts HOA, Pres.
818-8164

Counselor Meeting June 16th

Folks,
Just got word of this meeting to be attended by:

Councillor Benton, our District
Mark Holspad, State Sewer Odor Control
Mark Sanchez, Dir. of City Water Authority
Reps from Silver Lofts HOA

Purpose: Clear the air, so to speak, re the Ninth St. sewer odor treatment plant plans.  (The sewer main under Ninth St. is the source of huge amounts of gas backflow that has plagued us here at Silver Lofts all thru the summer months: it forces sewer gas out our 47 roof vents whenever the weather pressure systems allow.)

Background: a year ago, meetings with Mark Holspad made us aware of a plan to treat the long-standing odor problem along Ninth St.  The plan formulated then called for the City to install a small underground iron oxide injector system on City property along Ninth St. as a way to kill the gas backflow odor problem along Ninth St., dubbed as "by far the worst in the City".  Estimated installation time was to be "early summer".  By March that time had been moved back to "early Fall".  And then mention of objections by residents near the proposed installation site became center stage.  It appeared time for a joint meeting.  Councillor Benton's able Kara Shair-Rosenfield agreed and next Tuesday is the result.

Place: Ninth Floor of City Hall, in the Councilor's Office, on June 16, next Tuesday, at 3:00PM.

I shall be there.  I encourage any of you with experience in interagency workings or with personal testimony to attend.

I see this as a Lets-all-get-on-the-same-page-with-this-thing meeting.  Councillor Benton as early as January moved the project plans beyond an internal roadblock in the City Planning Dept.  I was hoping until a month ago to be able to send notice of project completion by mid-summer.  But...

Any questions or suggestions, call or write me.

Roger Elsinger
Silver Lofts HOA, Board Pres.
818-8164

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Written on Monday 8th June 2009 10:20 am