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Brocton prepares for filter failure

A hefty and bound water agreement with New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision ready for the Brocton mayor's signature couldn't have been ready at a better time.

The board of trustees authorized Mayor Dave Hazelton to sign the prepared contract, part of a proposed $4.5 million water plant upgrade project, at the monthly board meeting. Prior to the board voting on the measure, Water Plant Operator Greg Borst gave a report to the board before the meeting's opening on a critical and rapidly developing issue facing the village's facility.

Two material basins at the plant that lead into treating wastewater, since they're open to the elements, eventually become clogged with debris over time. As the debris builds up, the basins and their filter media are cleaned out one at a time as regular maintenance.

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"We'll be on single filter operation in the meantime, and will be forced to go to 24-hour operation as we go from producing 400 gallons to 250 gallons and at that point we'll have to have public notification and ask for water conservation," explained Borst.