Author: Aaron Ehasz
The Office for Public School Improvement Schools serves approximately 1.261 public school system dating from the 1920′s. The antiquity of these buildings presents challenges since we have a better understanding of the interaction of materials for wear these and other complications of continuous use, and changes in regulations that apply to all public buildings. In brief briefly discusses the compliance plans and achievements related to (1) the transition from septic systems and underground injection (2) the removal of asbestos.
TRANSITION TO UNDERGROUND INJECTION SYSTEMS
The health infrastructure in the vast majority of schools that were built before 1950, was made up of lines of cement and / or cast iron (“cast iron”). This type of system has been deteriorating over the years, and is also compromised by the roots of the trees found on the premises of our schools. This involves the replacement of them by the plastic PVC or health.
The system sde sewage disposal (septic tanks) were constructed to meet the amount of tuition at that time had no environmental regulation such as those that exist today. Increasing enrollment is building more classrooms, more health units are constructed and existing wells as a result are not enough for discharge they receive daily. Example: A student generates use approximately 20 gallons of water used daily. In an average enrollment of 300 students would deposit 3,000 gallons of daily sewage.
The Department of Education has a Compliance Plan to the Environmental Quality Board identficar, evaluate, improve, close systems (shutter), build holding tanks and / or connect health systems to the healthcare system of the Water and Sewerage Authority. 644 schools have been evaluated and identified 4 categories:
Schools connected to the AAA and whose wells would be closed and sealed pipes.
Schools to connect to pump station systems
Schools with the plan of improvements to existing systems
Building Schools for holding tanks
Recognising the obligations and duties of the Act the Board d cra ECal Environmental, began the process of complying with the laws regulating the discharge systems Underground Injection Systems. to comply with those provisions was prepared a Compliance Plan to the EQB for the closure of 644 septic ssitema in public schools. Of these 644 schools have been completed and / or under construction are 196 and 448 are still without building holding tanks awaiting the allocation of $ 70 million to cover estimated costs.
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