# WINCHESTER MUNI UTIL (STRODES CREEK WTP)
> **Judicial** · FY1984 · — · Final Order With Penalty
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `20191`
- **Case Number:** 04-1984-0004
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** Final Order With Penalty
- **Penalty assessed:** $10K
- **Cost recovery:** $0
- **Compliance action $:** —
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- KENTUCKY, COMMONWEALTH OF (complaint) (settlement)
- WINCHESTER MUNICPAL UTILITIES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

WINCHESTER MUNICIPAL UTILITIES (WMU) IS A KENTUCKY MUNI-   CIPAL UTILITY ENGAGED IN THE TREATMENT OF WASTEWATER FROM    BOTH DOMESTIC AND INDUSTRIAL CONTRIBUTORS.  WMU OPERATES     THE STRODES CREEK WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, WHICH DIS-     CHARGES INTO STRODES CREEK, THEN TO STONER CREEK, THEN TO    THE SOUTH FORK LICKING RIVER, ALL WATERS OF THE U.S.  THE    STRODES CREEK WWTP WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH PARTIAL FEDERAL      PARTICIPATION.                                                 CONSTRUCTION OF THE STRODES CREEK WWTP WAS BEGUN IN JULY   1978 AND WAS COMPLETED IN JULY 1980.  THE STRODES CREEK      FACILITY HAS EXPERIENCED MECHANICAL PROBLEMS SINCE INITIAL{  START-UP.  WMU CONTENDS THAT THE MECHANICAL PROBLEMS ARE     CAUSED BY: 1) INADEQUATE DESIGN BY THE ENGINEER, 2) IMPROPER CONSTRUCTION BY THE CONTRACTORS, AND 3) INFERIOR EQUIPMENT   FURNISHED BY THE MAJOR BIOLOGICAL TREATMENT EQUIPMENT SUP-   PLIERS.  THE CITY OF WINCHESTER HAS FILED SUITS AGAINST      THE DESIGN ENGINEER, CONTRACTOR, AND AN EQUIPMENT SUPPLIER   BECAUSE PF ALLEGED DESIGN ANDMECHANICAL DEFICIENCIES.

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