Veteran reporter Nelda Holder covered the last meeting of the Metropolitan Sewerage District for the Mountain Xpress. Along with talk of the City of Asheville’s lawsuit, rate hikes, and the city’s vice mayor’s participation on two boards that will likely go against each other in the litigation, Holder mentioned the recent dumping incident:
The Wednesday meeting offered little discussion of what had been major MSD news during the past month — the accidental spill of millions of gallons of raw sewerage into the French Broad River on April 30. No audience members spoke or raised questions during the public comment period, and the general manager referred to the incident only briefly. He noted that he had sent ongoing reports to board members during and after the incident, and a “lessons learned” session had followed.
Following this line of logic, if we really want to get smart, we should discharge lots more sewage so we may revel in the corrective action reports – or was that the other way around.
