Trumbull commissioners expected to approve study to bring water to Southington Township

Staff report

WARREN

The Trumbull County commissioners are expected today to authorize a $49,750 study to determine the cost of installing waterlines to serve parts of Southington, Champion and Warren townships.

The county Sanitary Engineering Department is recommending approval of a contract between the county and CT Consultants of Youngstown to carry out a preliminary engineering study for the project, known as the Southington Water Improvements Project.

Scott Verner, assistant county sanitary engineer, said if the study is approved, he is hopeful a public hearing can take place in August to meet a September deadline to apply for funding through the Ohio Public Works Commission to help with the cost of the project.

The county commissioners will make the final decision on whether the project moves forward, after a public hearing, at which residents along the proposed route are invited to give their input and indicate whether they support it or not.

A committee that has been working four years to bring water to that area presented the county commissioners with a petition in February indicating there is sufficent support from the property owners to justify the project.

It would bring water from U.S. Route 422 at the state Route 5 Bypass west along Route 422 in Warren and Champion townships to Leiby-Osborne Road in Southington and then back to Route 422 near the Ohio State Highway Patrol barracks on Warren-Burton Road in Southington.

Committee chairman “Skip” Hanes said in February the quality of the water from wells there is “hit and miss.” Some wells have high levels of arsenic and sulfur, he said.

Commissioners also are expected to approve the county engineer’s office’s purchase of rock salt from Morton Salt Inc. through the Ohio Department of Transportation for $66.75 per ton.