Officials in Rockland, northwest of New York City, may spend $22.2 million on sewer treatment plant improvements, pump stations and increased sewer-line capacity, part of a strategy to deal with numerous problems that last year led New York State environmental officials to levy a $15,000 fine. Also proposed is a plan to create a sewer district and restructure the way property owners pay for the sewer service. Much of the town's 200 miles of sewer lines, 43 pumping stations and wastewater treatment plant is beyond its life expectancy and needs to be renovated, Ronald C. Delo, director of the town's Department of Environmental Management, told a local newspaper. Included in the proposal is a sewer district that would include villages within the town; $5.6 million in improvements to the sewer plant; $8.7 million for pump stations; and $7.9 to increase sewer-line capacity. The town also is proposing a fee system based on both sewer use and assessed property value. The current system is based solely on property value. Under the proposed plan, a one-family house assessed at $185,000 would pay about $250 a year, around $10 more than at present. Officials will hold a public hearing on the proposal in the coming weeks.
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机译：纽约市西北部罗克兰郡的官员可能会花费2220万美元用于污水处理厂的改善，泵站和下水道管线能力的提高，这是应对众多导致去年纽约州环境官员征税的问题的战略的一部分。罚款15,000美元。还提出了一项计划，以创建一个下水道区并重组业主支付下水道服务的方式。该镇环境管理部主任罗纳德·C·德洛（Ronald C. Delo）对当地一家报纸说，该镇200英里的下水道，43个泵站和废水处理厂大部分都超出了其使用寿命，需要对其进行翻新。提案中包括下水道地区，其中将包括城镇内的村庄； 560万美元用于污水处理厂的改善； 870万美元用于泵站； 7.9美元用于增加下水道处理能力。该镇还提议根据下水道使用和评估的财产价值建立收费系统。当前系统仅基于属性值。根据拟议的计划，一套评估价为185,000美元的单户住宅每年将支付约250美元，比目前多支付10美元。官员将在未来几周内对该提案进行公开听证。
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