Portsmouth Patch breaks wastewater plan
Yesterday afternoon, Portsmouth Patch posted the wastewater management plan developed by consultant Lombardo Associates.
Even if you've been following the back-and-forth at the Town Council, there's a few new things here. There's a lot more detail about how Lombardo will execute the process over the next few months. And, perhaps most importantly, the document seems to present a clear defense against the RI Department of Environmental Management (DEM) "Notice of Violation" by demonstrating the feasibility of an alternative approach to meeting their mandated goals. Nut graf:
"The Town of Portsmouth respectfully requests RIDEM to allow the Town to implement its preferred approach to addressing the wastewater and stormwater issues that are the cause of water quality violations with the aggressive, comprehensive approach as described herein. The Town is of the opinion that this approach will be a win-win for all stakeholders."
Full disclosure: I live in the affected area of Island Park.
Program note: While it might appear that I'm sending people to my "competition" by linking to Portsmouth.Patch, I don't see it that way. The idea of competition is based on a concept of scarcity deeply rooted in the economics of the physical world. In the digital, media are decentralized and we inhabit them like an ecosystem. I publish here and push content out to Facebook and Twitter; I depend on serendipitous discovery through Google searches and indexing by Outside.In and Topix; my words exist a click away from everything else written about Portsmouth.
Patch and I both contribute different things to this media environment, and I celebrate what they do. We are two different species, each with our own ecological niche. I read Patch every day, and I hope you will too.