Total cost for the Tippecanoe and Chapman Regional Sewer District project will be around $51 million, the Kosciusko County Commissioners heard Tuesday. Ken Jones, CEO with architecture and engineering firm Jones Petrie Rafinski Corp., said the project “is probably going to rank right up there with one of the largest, maybe the largest, infrastructure project that has occurred here in the county.” He said the project went forward but then was delayed a little bit in 2020 because of Covid. “But throughout that process, you helped us populate the trustees board, and coming out of 2020 they went to work head-on and didn’t waste any time.” Jones said the design was pulled together working with the board of trustees, sometimes multiple meetings in one week to make sure they were making progress. The bidding was done this year, with closing on funding following. Jones said they’re having a pre-construction meeting in the next few days.

WARSAW — “What a great day,” was a comment made following an emergency meeting of the Tippecanoe-Chapman Regional Sewer District Wednesday morning, Sept. 29. The meeting was called due to an offer from the USDA Rural Development of $36,609,332.23 in low interest loans and a grant for the district’s new sewer construction project. The day was not only great, but a huge and monumental occasion for the district and its rate payers and customers. “This is a very good start,” Jon Tyler, district president stated with Ken Jones, Jones Petrie Rafinski noting “It’s a milestone, that’s for sure.”

At this meeting, Henschen mentioned three wastewater collection system alternatives. One is a pressure sewer system, which consists of grinder pump station forcing wastewater through a pressure main network. These grinder pumps would typically be shared between adjacent property owners.

“I don’t think it is right to put (the cost) on individual property owners,” stated Ed Ormsby, board member of the Tippecanoe & Chapman Lakes Regional Sewer District. “The folks who don’t have a lot of money it puts a big burden on them.” Ormsby’s comment was among several made by board members Monday night during the monthly meeting of the sewer district board. The discussion focused on the board establishing the fairest policy for the location of pump basins, a decision needed to complete the pre-engineering report. Ken Jones, president of Jones Petrie Rafinski, noted this is an important topic and a decision should not be made lightly. He suggested two options – accommodating the property owner within the property or a central location along the right of way.

NORTH WEBSTER — A tax anticipation warrant bond in the amount of $3.68 million for the Tippecanoe & Chapman Lakes Regional Sewer District was awarded to Crossroads Bank Monday evening, Sept. 14. The interest rate is 2%. The bond closing will be Oct. 1 and good through Oct. 1, 2022.

An onsite septic system or any component thereof must be properly abandoned or removed when the useful life of the system or component has been exceeded or when it is to be abandoned. The property owner is responsible that it is done in compliance with the following:

WARSAW — Decisions, perhaps the easiest ones to be made, were handled by the Tippecanoe Chapman Lakes Regional Sewer District Board tonight, Monday, May 11. The board not only elected its officers, but preliminarily decided on a treatment provider, thus filling the remaining vacancy on the board and adopted its first resolution.

INDIANAPOLIS — The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has approved the creation of the Tippecanoe and Chapman Regional Sewer District. The order was signed by Commissioner Bruno L. Pigott Thursday, Dec. 5.

NORTH WEBSTER – After introductions and discussion about organization, the Tippecanoe Chapman Regional Sewer District Board of Trustees learned the next steps and potential costs of its sewer treatment facility project at its initial meeting Saturday at the North Webster Community Center.