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Miami County/Brandt Sewer Project

The following information is provided to you to supplement the postcards you have received from the Bethel Township Board of Trustees concerning information associated with the Miami County Board of Commissioners and Miami County Sanitary Engineering Department's Brandt Sewer Project. The information that is posted here has been assembled by the Township in an attempt to better understand this project by the county, and to provide the citizens of Bethel Township with the most up-to-date information as we receive it.

Please bear with us...this page will be updated with additional information. Please check back for the most up-to-information.

October 16, 2009

Miami County Prosecuting Attorney’s Opinion Concerning Miami County Sewer Agreement with Clark County

2009 Miami County Sewer Agreement with Clark County

1999 Miami County Water Agreement with Clark County

August 18, 2009

Brandt Testing Results from Miami County Sanitary Engineering Department

Ohio EPA requests Miami County Commissioners to continue progress on the Brandt Sewer Project

August 14, 2009

View the letter that the Ohio EPA sent to the county

Township Asks Tough Questions to Ohio EPA

August 11, 2009

View the letter sent to the Ohio EPA

Ohio EPA Responds to Township Questions

July 22, 2009

The attached letter from Ohio EPA is in response to questions posed by the Bethel Township Board of Trustees regarding the proposed sewering of the hamlet of Brandt.

Ohio EPA Responds to Township Questions

Fact - Sewer is coming to Brandt

Sewer is coming to Brandt. The Ohio EPA has determined that on-site septic systems in Brandt are failing and creating a health hazard. The building of the sewer project is expected to begin in late 2010.

Fact - Groundwater in Brandt is unsanitary

In 2007, several rounds of testing in multiple locations around Brandt showed unacceptably high levels of e-Coli bacteria in every location. These findings confirmed previous test results.

Fiction - The Township Trustees can affect sewer coming to Brandt

Although the township trustees have input, under Ohio Revised Code, Township Trustees cannot order or prevent sewer in the township. The government entities that have this authority are:

• Ohio Environmental Protection Agency

• The Miami County Commissioners