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St. Helena Wastewater Facility 50 Old Polowana Rd. Owned and operated by: BJWSA 6 Snake Rd. Okatie, SC 29909 987-9292 (Business office) Contact information: Emergency: Water Operations Center (Okatie) 987-9267 Non emergency: Earl Sheppard 987-7563
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Owned and operated by: • BJWSA • 6 Snake Rd. • Okatie, SC 29909 • 987-9292 (Business office) • Contact information: • Emergency: Water Operations Center (Okatie) 987-9267 • Non emergency: Earl Sheppard 987-7563 • Tab Adkins 812-2175
20 acre facility responsible for processing all sewage for Lady’s Island and St. Helena Island • NO fire protection systems or alarm panel on site • NO propane on site • Built approximately 1984-1985 • Electrical shutoff located in pump room & water shutoff located south of pump room adjacent to road
Entrance Water shutoff
Hours of operation 7:30- 4:00 • * someone will be there for approximately 2 hours every day sometime during this period • Effluent (processed water) is discharged to only 2 places: Dataw Golf Course and Henry Farms Sod Farm • DHEC sets the limit of no more than (9) chlorine cylinders on site at any one time (empty, full, in-use)
Special Considerations and Safety • Standing water on the property; parking off roadway could lead to becoming stuck • Overhead power lines above entrance • High amperage equipment on property • Potential for drowning • Chlorine gas • Confined space • Noise (pumps and aerators) • snakes and (1) 3’ alligator
1 water treatment plant located in Okatie • 7 wastewater treatment plants located in • Cherry Point (will be upgraded soon ***) • Hardeeville • Port Royal (newest reclamation plant) • St. Helena • (3) lagoons throughout the county • (3) more wastewater plants to come: Paris Is., MCAS, and Laurel Bay
Apparatus response: • E-224 • E-220 • E-222 • L-271 • Exposures: all (3) structures are exposures to one another (within 100’-150’)
Hydrants SH #962 (6”) – 450’ from entrance SH #961 (6”) – 1000’ from entrance #3067 (6”) – 1500’ from entrance
Chlorine room Assemble area #2 The view north as you enter the facility
Assemble area #1 Entrance The view south, towards the entrance, from inside the facility
Side ‘A’ Back up generator Irrigation Pump Room As you enter, Dataw pump is on the left and Henry Farms pump is on the right, as well as electrical panels on the ‘delta’ wall
Side ‘C’ Dataw well shutoff
Dataw pump Henry Farms pump
Chlorine and lab room breakers Electrical equipment Main breaker
Side ‘A’ Lab and Office
Old aerators and mixers Side ‘C’
Old aerators and mixers Side ‘D’
station24 Chlorine room