News & Announcements
- Fish River Mound System Failure
 E-One pump replaces need for mound
To see if sewer service for is available for you, call Charlie at 251/971-3022.
- New Service Available in Spanish Fort
The Franchise Agreement between the City of Spanish Fort and Baldwin County Sewer Service, LLC has recently been amended and approved by the City Council. As a result, Baldwin County Sewer Service (BCSS) will be extending our sewer lines throughout the City and surrounding areas. This represents a substantial commitment of capital, resources and services by BCSS for decades to come. It affords the City proper sewage infrastructure customarily offered by municipalities, without financial burden to the City. It offers the people of Spanish Fort the option to switch from septic tanks to public sanitary sewer.
The Franchise amendment includes offering a discounted installation package to residences, businesses and churches in Spanish Fort. The offer constitutes over $5,000 in savings to residents and is valid through the end of April 2010. Participation in this program is not mandatory.
What you get:
E/One Grinder Pump with 5 year warranty
Tap and permitting fees
Sewer line extensions and plumbing connection
Improved property value, good for the environment
What it costs:
Residents: $2,995 ¡V Businesses $3,995* - Churches $2,450* for the system and installation (*per Equivalent Residential Unit)
Flat rate monthly treatment fee of $56.14 for residents
Payment options:
Full Upfront Payment
$250 down ($350 for businesses)/balance at Installation
12 months same as cash
Financing up to 72 months
In order to participate in the program, a required number of residents per street must commit to the service. The commitment requires a $250 down payment. Installation time varies, depending on permit requirements and sewer main construction.
Request new service now, to insure service on your street.
Streets where service is available and number required to commit:
Street/ Required Applications
Adams 1
Ann 1
Artillery Range E 3
Artillery Range W 2
Bay Road 1
Blakely Ridge 3
Blakely Way 8
Blakey River Rd. 1
Buckingham 1
Buzbee Lane 2
Cannonade 2
Caribbean Blvd. 2
Carolyn 2
Cavalry Charge 2
Cemetary 5
Confederate Dr. 3
Danner 1
Davis 1
Defort 2
Denise 2
Douglas 5
Driftwood 7
Ember Lane 3
Fiesta 1
Hampton Ct. 1
Huckleberry Lane 2
Jay Dr. 5
Joseph Drive 5
Knollwood 3
Lee's Circle 5
Lynn 1
Malaga Cir 1
Marcella 5
Oaks Drive 1
Patrician Drive 15
Rally Road 1
Ranger Road 1
Rebel 1
Rita 1
Sara 1
Signal Hill 3
Soldiers Route 3
Southern Way 5
Spanish Brooke Dr. 2
Spanish Lane 7
Spanish Main 5
Spanish Oaks 5
Stanton Road 6
Terry 1
Village Court 1
Village Main 4
Wakefield Dr. 6
Waller Ct. 1
Walling Road 5
Waites Lane 2
Water Tower Road 3
Wayside Dr. 7
Weatherford Ct. 1
Weatherly Ct 1
Wellington 2
White Lane 2
Wilson Drive 5
Wimbleton Ct. 1
Yankee Trove 2
The corresponding minimum number of paid commitments on your street must be met before the sewer line will be extended. Request new service now to insure service on your street.
- BCSS $2,995 offer is back
 If this is on your street, service is immediatley available
E/One Grinder Pump w/5 year warranty
Tap and Permit fees
Plumbing connection
12 months same as cash
Residential: $2,995
Basic Business: $3,995
Churches: $2,495
The monthly treatment fee for residences is $54.50, flat rate.
This service is immediately available on a first come first served basis. Failing septic systems will be given precedence. Electrical connection is the responsibility of the property owner.
To apply, go back to the 'Home' page scroll down to 'Request New Service' or call 971-3022. Ask about the special installation package.
Areas where this offer is available:
1st St. - Silverhill
2nd Ave. - Silverhill
2nd St. - Gulf Shores
2nd St. - Silverhill
3rd St. - Silverhill
4th Ave. - Silverhill
4th St. - Silverhill
6th St.: 13000 - 13250 - Lillian
Alligator Alley - Gulf Shores
Anderson Street - Gulf Shores
Arlington Blvd. - Spanish Fort
Austin Road - Daphne
Barclay Avenue - Lillian
Barin Field Road - Foley
Battleship Parkway - Spanish Fort
Bay Branch Subdivision
Bayou Drive - Josephine
Bayou Drive S. - Josephine
Bayshore Drive - Orange Beach
Bayview Drive - Lillian
Beach Blvd. - Gulf Shores
Beachshore Drive - Gulf Shores
Beacon Lane - Gulf Shores
Beasley Lane - Foley
Belforest Cemetery Road
Bellaton - Daphne
Bernard Court E - Gulf Shores
Bernard Court W - Gulf Shores
Blakeley Oaks Subdivision - Spanish Fort
Blakeley Road - Spanish Fort
Bluff Road - Summerdale
Bon Bay Drive - Gulf Shores
Bon Secour Hwy (CR 10) - Bon Secour
Bonita Circle - Gulf Shores
Bonita Lane - Gulf Shores
Boykin Boulevard - Lillian
Boykin Court - Gulf Shores
Breckner Road - Foley
Breezetown Circle - Gulf Shores
Brewer Road - Foley
Bridgeport Drive - Summerdale
Bromley Road - Spanish Fort/Stapleton/Loxley
Buchanan Court E - Gulf Shores
Buchanan Court W - Gulf Shores
Buckingham Blvd. - Spanish Fort
Buzbee Road - Spanish Fort
Cabana Beach Subdivision - Gulf Shores
Charme Road - Bon Secour
Chewning Lane - Gulf Shores
Chickasaw Road - Gulf Shores
Choctaw Road - Gulf Shores
Cinnamon Lane - Bon Secour
Claremont Drive -Foley
Col. Grierson Dr, - Spanish Fort
Cortez Street - Gulf Shores
CR 6: 16000 - 20000 - Gulf Shores
CR 9: 15200 - 13500 - Summerdale
CR 9: 16000 - 20800 - Summerdale/Silverhill
CR 10: 17000 - 20000 - Foley
CR 12: 12000 - 23000 - Foley
CR 13: 26000 to Milton Jones Road - Daphne
CR 19: to Carver Road - Foley
CR 24: 12900 - 19500 - Summerdale
CR 28: 13200 - 14500 - Summerdale
CR 28: 18500 - 21000 - Summerdale/Foley
CR 32: 10000 - 12000 - Fairhope
CR 33 - River Park Road - Fairhope
CR 40 (Whitehouse Fork Rd. Ext): 8500 - 10250 Bay Minette
CR 48: 13500 - 15000 - Silverhill
CR 49 - Loxley
CR 49: 12500 - 14500 - Foley
CR 49: 12500 - 6500 - Magnolia Springs/Bon Secour
CR 49: 14500 - 16000 - Summerdale
CR 49: 23300 - 20000 - Silverhill
CR 49: 26000 - 27000 - Loxley
CR 54 E - Loxley
CR 54 W from CR 46 to Caney Creek Dr. - Loxley
CR 55: 12500 - 14500 - Foley
CR 55: 23300 - 21250 - Silverhill
CR 55: 26000 - 23300 - Loxley
CR 64: 11000 - 15500 - Loxley
CR 65: 7500 - 14500 - Foley
CR 66 N to Williams Lane - Loxley
CR 71 N: from Hwy 90 to Rosinton School
CR 73: 16000 - 18000 - Summerdale
CR 87: 12000 - 13000 - Elberta
CR 95: 6300 - 13000 - Elberta/Josephine
CR 97: 13000 -Leiterman Rd. - Elberta
CR 99: 12000 - 8500 - Lillian
Crestfield Subdivision - Foley
Dacus Lane - Gulf Shores
Danne Road - Fairhope
D'Iberville Lane (CR6) - Gulf Shores
Dixie Graves Parkway (Hwy 180): 18400 - 1000 - Gulf Shores
Dixie Road - Fairhope
Dogwood Dells Circle - Foley
Dolphin Lane - Gulf Shores
Downtown Elberta
Downtown Summerdale
Driftwood Drive - Gulf Shores
Dune Drive - Gulf Shores
E. Broadway - Summerdale
Etta Smith Road - Summerdale
Fackler Road - Loxley
Fairmont Road - Foley
Fancy Blvd. - Foley
Feeley Road: from CR 87 to Wolf Trail - Elberta
Fernwood Circle - Foley
Ferry Road - Fairhope
Ferry Road Circle - Fairhope
Fish House Road - Gulf Shores
Fish River Acres - Foley
Fish River Road - Foley
Fish Trap Road - Orange Beach
Fort Morgan Road (Hwy 180): 18400 1000 - Gulf Shores
Gavin Lane - Foley
Gladiola Lane - Foley
Greystone Subdivision - Silverhill
Gulf Wind Court - Gulf Shores
Gulfway Drive - Gulf Shores
Gulfway St - Gulf Shores
Harbor Court - Josephine
Harbor Light Circle - Gulf Shores
Harborlight Lane - Gulf Shores
Heather Dell Lane - Foley
Honey Road - Summerdale
Hwy 31 - Battleship Pkwy to Hwy 225 - Spanish Fort
Hwy 31 Commercial Park - Spanish Fort/Loxley
Hwy 180(Fort Morgan Road): 18400 - 1000 - Gulf Shores
Hwy 181 from CR64 to Milton Jones Road - Daphne
Hwy 181: 24000 - 25250
Hwy 225 - Spanish Fort
Hwy 59 - 16000 - 20250 - Summerdale
Hwy 59 - 6000 - 9000 - Gulf Shores
Hwy 59/31: 34800 - 38000 Stapleton
Island Drive - Foley
Isle of Pines Road - Foley
Jetta Court - Gulf Shores
Jimmy Faulkner Drive - Spanish Fort
Josephine Drive (CR 42E) - Josephine
Keeney Dr. - Fairhope
Keeney Dr. E - Fairhope
Kelly Lane - Gulf Shores
Kiva Way - Gulf Shores
Lacey Road - Silverhill
Lakeland Subdivision - Silverhill
Lakeshore Drive - Gulf Shores
Landmark Avenue - Loxley
Lee Road - Spanish Fort/Loxley
Lemon Tree Lane - Bon Secour
Lipscomb Road - Foley
Mannich Lane: 12000 - 12400 - Foley
Mannich Lane: 14000 - 15000 - Foley
Martinique Subdivision - Gulf Shores
McFarland Road - Spanish Fort
McKenzie Lane - Foley
McLeod Blvd. - Foley
Meadow Road - Fairhope
Milton Jones Road
Mobile Street - Gulf Shores
Monarch Circle - Foley
Morgan Lakes - Gulf Shores
Morgantown Blvd. - Gulf Shores
Muscogee Road - Gulf Shores
Myrtle St - Fairhope
N. Pickens Lane - Lillian
Neptune's Landing - Gulf Shores
Norris Lane - Foley
North Blvd: 15000 - 10666 - Silverhill
Oak Road E.: Hwy 59 to Robinson Lane
Oak Road W. - Gulf Shores
Old Foley Road - Elberta
Our Road - Gulf Shores
Palmetto Drive - Gulf Shores
Pandion Dr - Foley
Patch Lane - Fairhope
Perdido Street - Lillian
Phillips Place - Fairhope
Pineda Island - Spanish Fort
Pizzaro Avenue - Gulf Shores
Plantation Hills Subdivision
Plash Road - Gulf Shores
Pleasant Road: 9200 - 10000 - Daphne
Pleasure Point Road - Gulf Shores
Pompano Way - Gulf Shores
Ponce De Leon - Gulf Shores
Pontoon Lane - Gulf Shores
Poser Road - Foley
Privateer Court - Gulf Shores
Randolph Avenue - Lillian
Redmond Road
Ridge Road - Summerdale
Rigsby Road - Daphne
River Creek Drive - Fairhope
River Oaks Drive - Foley
River Road - Bon Secour
River Road - Fairhope
River Road - Summerdale
River Road N. - Foley
River Road S. - Summerdale
Riverside Drive - Foley
Riverwood Drive - Foley
Rosemary Lane - Josephine
Rosewood Lane - Daphne
S. Magnolia Street (CR 49) - Loxley
Saluda Boulevard - Spanish Fort
Sandy Creek Drive - Foley
Sandy Creek Subdivision - Elberta
Sandy Lane - Foley
Seashell Drive - Gulf Shores
Sawgrass Drive - Gulf Shores
Shambo Road - Spanish Fort
Shoal Court - Gulf Shores
Shoots Lane - Foley
Shore Drive - Josephine
Shore Drive S. - Josephine
Silveroaks Loop - Silverhill
Simmons Drive - Foley
Singleton Lane - Summerdale
Soldier Creek Drive - Lillian
South Breakers Lane - Gulf Shores
Southworth Road - Summerdale
Spanish Cove - Lillian
Spinnaker Drive - Gulf Shores
Spring Branch Road - Josephine
Spring Branch Road W - Josephine
Spring Valley Subdivision - Foley
Still Water Subdivision - Spanish Fort
Surfside Drive - Gulf Shores
The Woodlands at Malbis
Triple Tail Lane - Gulf Shores
US Hwy 90: 12000 - 19500 Loxley
US Hwy 98: 15000-18000 - Magnolia Springs/Foley
US Hwy 98: 22000 - 34000 - Foley/Elberta/Lillian
Vacation Lane - Gulf Shores
Veterans Road - Gulf Shores
W. Broadway - Summerdale
W. Greenwood Road (CR 36): 18500 - 19000 - Summerdale
Waverly Lane - Foley
Westbrook Drive - Foley
Whisper Woods Subdivision - Spanish Fort
Woodhaven Dairy Road: 13200 - 14000 - Summerdale
Zuzu Lane - Lillian
- BCSS shares concerns voiced at Lillian Sewer System Symposium
 Treated chlorinated effluent is clean and odorless.
Several concerned citizens reported raw sewage and toilet paper in the trees along Peterson Branch. Scott Brown, Mobile Chief of Operations for the Alabama Department of Environmental Management (ADEM) was asked repeatedly about whether the BCSS Spanish Cove WWTP was the culprit.
"The data shows that Baldwin County Sewer Service is not contributing to the degradation of water quality in Peterson Branch or Perdido Bay." Brown went on to say, again repeatedly that the data shows that the Lillian plant is operating in compliance with guidelines set by ADEM. The data involves Daily Monitoring Reports (DMRs)conducted at the plant by WMI,Inc., an independent third-party operator of the plant, split testing by independent lab EnviroChem, and tests from four monitoring wells surrounding the plant. DMRs and monitoring well reports go directly from WMI to ADEM. Baldwin County Sewer Service also receives copies of the reports. DMRs from any WWTP in the state, including BCSS can be viewed by the public at the ADEM office in Montgomery.
Brown also referenced a 2007 ADEM study of the BCSS Spanish Cove WWTP called 'Lillian Special Study.' The study, in response to citizen's concerns, sampled six sites on Peterson Branch and its tributaries and the Lillian WWTP over five weeks. The study also "observed cattle farms and pine plantations in the west and northwest of the Spanish Cove subdivision.
The BCSS Spanish Cove WWTP does not release effluent into any receiving body of water, rather returns chlorinated, treated effluent to the earth via a series of percolation ponds. Initially, as raw sewage comes into the plant, screens filter out all solids, including toilet paper, from the mixture. By the time the treated effluent reaches the percolation ponds, it is odorless, colorless, clear water. The sides of the ponds are hard packed clay covered with grass. The bottom of the ponds contains 10-12 feet of sand which acts as a filter to catch any microscopic solids before returning to the soil. "Even though we are not required by ADEM, we chlorinate the effluent before it goes into the perc ponds," said WMI's president Doug Horton. "If they're continually seeing toilet paper and sewage in Peterson Branch, it's not from here."
Attendees were invited to tour the plant. Even though there was significant response to the invitation, only one person came to the plant. That day, two of the percolation ponds were empty and dry. The plant experienced normal daily flows. Spanish Cove resident Jeanne Elliot led a group including Teddy King, Environmental Supervisor, Baldwin County Health Department, ADEM's Brown, and local state representative Steve McMillan to water flowing out of the ground along Eagle Path, near the plant. Spot testing of the water by the Baldwin County Health Department revealed no e coli or fecal coliform, which are determinants of the presence of sewage and no stench was reported. ADEM's Brown assured resident of further testing of the area.
"Baldwin County Sewer Service is doing our part to improve water quality in Baldwin County," said BCSS representative Charlie Baumhauer who attended the symposium along with representatives of WMI, Inc. "If residents see a problem, be sure to report it to ADEM, Baldwin County Board of Health and Baldwin County Sewer Service. If it's our problem, we'll fix it."
To report a spill or emergency problem, call 971-3022, 24 hours a day. To express concerns or to set up a tour of the treatment facility call Charlie Baumhauer at the same number or click on "Contact Us" above.
www.adem.state.al.us/
- Baldwin County Sewer Service donates to South Baldwin SAR
BCSS recently donated $1,500 to the South Baldwin Search and Rescue team. The team regularly offers a helping hand from Fish River to Fort Morgan and participated in the search for the four children thrown from the Dauphin Island Bridge. The money will be used to replenish supplies, service equipment and buy fuel. The South Baldwin SAR exists solely on donations and is struggling financially. Recently, a fund raiser was held at the American Legion Post 199 in Fairhope benefiting the South Baldwin, North Baldwin and Daphne Rescue units. If you would like to make a donation, contact Mary Emmett at msemmett@gulftel.com.
- Newspaper cites septic tanks, fertilizer as causes for harmful algae bloom.
 Prorocentrum minimum algae
"FISH RIVER -- On a Tuesday in early January, a population explosion of Prorocentrum minimum, a single-celled plant stained Weeks Bay and the shallow canals at its upper reaches the unlikely color of reddish tea. Twenty-four hours later, the number of algae cells per liter grew to 2.4 billion, a concentration high enough to make beakers full of the water look like they were half-filled with mud. By the next day, the algae, Prorocentrum minimum, had undergone a mass die-off, but there were still millions of cells per liter, and the water remained discolored. "
"Theories of the cause range from the dry year not providing the rain needed to flush the bay of the nutrients coming from the Fish and Magnolia rivers to work on a new U.S. 98 bridge, which may have loosened nutrient-rich sediment, Brunden and Phipps said. "
"Karlodinium, besides turning the water the color of red wine, plagued the bay throughout the summer and at least five times caused fish kills."
"A type of algae that is sort of a cross between a plant and an animal, Karlodinium produces a toxin that essentially bursts the blood cells in fish gills, said Hugh MacIntyre, a Dauphin Island Sea Lab scientist who specializes in algae."
"Weeks Bay gets most of its water from the Fish and Magnolia rivers, both of which are spring-fed, drain agricultural land and are likely to be lined with homes using septic tanks. As such, there is ample opportunity for algae-feeding nutrients to make it into Weeks Bay, scientists say. "
"Jim Connors Jr., a University of South Alabama professor who specializes in groundwater contamination, was called in to try to figure out where the nutrients were coming from that fueled the blooms. "
"What he found, he said, was that direct runoff adds much of the nutrients to Weeks Bay. Nature has a way of dealing with the nitrate in groundwater, he said."
"When nitrate -- a fusion of one atom of nitrogen and two of oxygen -- passes through swampy environments where dissolved oxygen is low, oxygen-starved bacteria dismantle the compound, releasing inert nitrogen gas. "
- BCSS Celebrates 10th Anniversary
SUMMERDALE – April 17, 2008 marks the 10th anniversary of Baldwin County Sewer Service, LLC. BCSS is a privately held full service sewer treatment company.
The company has four internal divisions: Administration/Sales, Service, Construction and Operations. BCSS is unique in that it provides turnkey installation and service, including main line 11,200 customers with current permitted capacity to service 20,000. BCSS operates over 2.5 million feet of sewer force mains and over 140 lift stations covering 450 square miles, from the tip of Fort Morgan to south of Bay Minette, making it the largest private sewer company by coverage area in the state.
BCSS has three treatment facilities; Fort Morgan, in Lillian and Plantation Hills, east of Malbis. BCSS operates by NPDES permit administered by the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management (ADEM), in accordance with and subject to the provisions of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, The Alabama Water Pollution Control Act, and the Alabama Environmental Management Act.
Baldwin County Sewer Service, LLC is a member of The Better Business Bureau, Mobile BayKeeper, Baldwin County Homebuilders Association, South Baldwin Chamber of Commerce, and Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce.
- BCSS announces Environmental Enhancement Program
As Baldwin County residents, we are fortunate to live in an area with so many diverse water systems. Our bays, rivers, streams, and the Gulf of Mexico provide important financial and recreational benefits to all of us. The quality of the water we swim and fish in, the water we drink is crucial to our property values and quality of life and must be protected. It’s easier said than done. There are some pollution issues that are hard to define and that we have little control over. Storm water and agricultural runoff come to mind. However, there are some things we have direct control over.
Septic tanks are not the best sewage treatment solution for most coastal areas and are a leading non point source of pollution. The land closest to the water is least suitable. Untreated effluent leaches out of septic field lines directly into high ground water and presents a tangible threat to our waters. Baldwin County Sewer Service is committed to improving overall water quality in the areas we serve. As an incentive to homeowners, builders and developers BCSS has developed the Environmental Enhancement Program that offers discounts for connection to the BCSS system. This program constitutes over a 40% savings on system and installation costs. For more information contact Charlie Baumhauer at 251.971.3022 or charlie@baldwincountysewer.com.
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