BRINNON — A new on-site septic system scheduled for completion in 2010 at Dosewallips State Park ultimately could hook up to Brinnon’s commercial core, a state parks official said.
The $2 million system would include a new on-site septic system at the park just south of the U.S. Highway 101 bridge across the river, and run up to a drainfield on 20 acres north of the Dosewallips River, said Myron Johnson, park development manager with Washington State Parks.
A 6-inch main line would carry effluent parallel to Highway 101 and then up to the drainfield.
The park’s system is failing, and parks officials say it is contributing to the degradation of Hood Canal.
Acreage for the drainfield would be purchased.
Johnson wouldn’t say where the drainfield would be located.
“We are looking at a piece of property in Brinnon, and are in negotiations,” he said.
“We would collect sewage to the park and pump it to the site about a mile away.”
Johnson said the system would be designed to handle up to 20,000 gallons of effluent a day, which is figured as the park’s peak capacity during the Fourth of July.
“At some point, we wanted Brinnon to know that if they needed capacity, that this probably could help them,” Johnson said.
“In the future, if they wanted, they could tap into it.”
State Parks and Jefferson County Public Utility District officials met with more than 30 Brinnon residents last week to discuss the proposal that went before the Jefferson County commissioners in February.
“I think it’s a good idea,” said Jefferson PUD Commissioner Wayne King, who attended the community meeting.
“They need to get the system in,” he said.
“Then that would be the time to find out who’s hooking up.”
