Tentative plans are forming that could connect some West Ocean City sewerage facilities to Ocean City’s midtown wastewater treatment plant to ease the burden on Worcester County’s capacity.
At the close of Tuesday’s meeting of the Worcester County Commissioners, Commissioner Joe Mitrecic said it’s a scenario that’s being talked about behind closed doors but shared few details.
“In discussions with the Town of Ocean City and staff, we looked at a couple different scenarios for sewer disposal over in the West Ocean City area, to pump across to Ocean City,” said Mitrecic, who represents Ocean City. “There has been some different scenarios floated out there and we’d like to see those, so we can make a formal ask of the town.”
Eventually, he added, President Ted Elder and Vice President Eric Fiori could attend an Ocean City Council work session with a proposal in hand.
In an interview Wednesday, Mitrecic said his strategy could help the county with its sewerage flow.
Potentially, two of the county’s wastewater systems could be taken offline – Mitrecic declined to specify which – and instead routed to Ocean City’s treatment facilities, which are headquartered at the 65th Street public works campus.
This makes perfect sense. There is already a large sewer pipe running from West Ocean City to the Ocean City facility and has been for over 30 years. Where do you think sewerage from West Ocean City has been going to?