2023 Scholarship Golf Outing & Clay Shoot Events
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September 2022 InfoLine

September 2022 InfoLine

September edition of the Alliance monthly membership newsletter! 

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Ben Davis Conservancy District - WWTP Updates

Ben Davis Conservancy District - WWTP Updates

Letter from BDCD

For additional information, please visit: Ben Davis Conservancy District – Reliable and Affordable Sanitary Sewer Service (bdconservancy.com)

 

Citizens Energy Group issued a letter to freeholders throughout the Ben Davis Conservancy District. The district was established in 1958 with the Indiana Conservancy Act to provide sewer service to our community. However, the Conservancy only pipes sewage from properties to a treatment plant owned and operated by Citizens Energy Group.

Citizens Energy Group has raised its rates in recent years with a projected increase of 900% from 2017 to 2025. So when the Conservancy announced that it would build a treatment plant to save money, Citizens responded with a $10 million offer to acquire the Conservancy––amounting to a few thousand dollars per property owner.

The acquisition would cost residents more throughout the years, particularly elderly residents with fixed incomes and low-wage families, as Citizens Energy Group would recover its $10 million investment through rate increases for residents. This is not without evidence. For example, Citizens acquired the sewer system in Westfield as a for-profit company and attempted to raise rates by 25%.

Residents of the Ben Davis community are apprehensive about the offer. In a recent online survey, residents overwhelmingly supported construction 13 to 1. Further, MSD Wayne Township Schools and multiple organizations throughout the community have committed their support, including the Indiana Rural Water Alliance.

The Ben Davis Conservancy District advocates for a treatment plant, promising to control costs for residents. The proposed facility is a 4.0 MGD extended aeration treatment plant with an aerobic sludge digestion process.

Aerobic sludge digestion is a non-chemical process and uses oxygen for treatment. No noxious odors are produced as a result, such as methane or hydrogen sulfide. The plant will discharge into the Neeld Ditch with stringent effluent limits as determined by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).

Take Their Survey

They want to know what you think. Should the Ben Davis Conservancy District construct a treatment plant? Use this link to complete the survey: Survey – Ben Davis Conservancy District (bdconservancy.com)

2022 Leadership Summit Recap

2022 Leadership Summit Recap

Monroe County Convention Center - Bloomington, IN

This year's Leadership Summit was on July 27 & 28 in beautiful Bloomington, Indiana.

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2023 Scholarship Golf Outing & Clay Shoot Events

Golf Outing: Hawk's Tail Golf Course in Greenfield, IN; Clay Shoot: Ossian Conservation Club in Ossian, IN

The 2023 Scholarship Golf Outing & Clay Shoot were held a little differently this year, with our golf outing taking place on September 14th and our Clay Shoot occurring on October 17th, just before our Fall Conference. Both events were fun-filled successes! 

We had the most beautiful day for the Golf Outing and had a great turnout with 22 teams! The outing was held at Hawk’s Tail Golf Course in Greenfield this year.  We started the morning off with delicious brunch from The Bearded Bagel food truck and a Bloody Mary Bar.

Triad Associates, Inc. won the golf tournament! Covalen came in 2nd, and Layne Christensen took 3rd! Our famous Longest Drive contest winner was Sam Jacobi of Covalen, and the winner of Closest to the Pin was Tony Alley of National Water Services, LLC. The winner of the 50/50 Drawing this year was Jackie Hilgartner of And-Tro Water Authority!

 

The Clay Shoot took place at The Ossian Conservation Club. We had a perfect fall morning for the shoot! Once again, Skip Davidson of the Town of North Liberty Municipal Utilities took home the first-place trophy. John Burgelin of Jones & Henry Engineers took second, and Jon Craig of Midwestern Engineers took third.

Thank you to all our sponsors and everyone who attended for helping to make this year's Scholarship Golf Outing & Clay Shoots events a success! 

Golf Tournament Sponsor - Advanced Rehabilitation Technology

Beverage Cart Sponsors 

  • Jones & Henry Engineers, LTD
  • Ortman Drilling & Water Services
  • Water Solutions Unlimited

Bloody Mary Bar Sponsor – National Water Services, LLC

Brunch Sponsors

  • NineStar Connect
  • Midwestern Engineers, Inc.
  • Water Works Metrology, LLC
  • Covalen

Hole Sponsors 

Commonwealth Engineers, Inc., Ferguson Waterworks, Layne Christensen, Lewis Municipal Sales, M.E. Simpson Co., Inc., Mueller Company, National Water Services, LLC, Sexson Mechanical Company, Triad Associates, Inc., Utility Supply Company, Ziptility, Tim Doersam, Brad Colter, Catlyn Helmuth, & Adam Sams

Clay Shoot Breakfast Sponsor - Midwestern Engineers, Inc.

 

We greatly appreciate all the participants, sponsors, and Alliance Staff & Board of Directors! Looking forward to next year!

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