Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection
MSS.252
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Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Alexander M. Bracken Library
2000 W. University Avenue
Muncie, Indiana, 47306
765-285-5078
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Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection MSS.252
Table of Contents
Summary Information ................................................................................................................................. 3
Historical Note............................................................................................................................................... 4
Scope and Contents....................................................................................................................................... 4
Arrangement...................................................................................................................................................4
Administrative Information .........................................................................................................................5
Controlled Access Headings..........................................................................................................................5
Collection Inventory...................................................................................................................................... 7
Series 1: Sewer newspaper clippings and other documents, 1988-1998................................................ 7
Series 2: Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System observed drain pipe map, undated...........................8
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Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection MSS.252
Summary Information
Repository
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Title
Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection
Date
1988-1998
Extent
0.3 Cubic feet 1 box
Language
English
Preferred Citation
Dennis Kramer Royerton Serwer System collection, Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries
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Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection MSS.252
Historical Note
In early 1994, the Delaware County Board of Health took approximately 40 water samples in the
unincorporated town of Royerton, located just north of Muncie. More than 30 samples showed evidence
of E. coli bacteria, an indication that untreated human waste was getting into the water supply. Residents
of Royerton had been complaining since 1992 about free standing raw sewage in their yards and, in
late 1994, petitioned the Muncie Sanitary District to extend sewer lines. The 600 homes affected by the
bacteria were denied because Royerton is outside of district boundaries. Dennis Kramer is one of these
Royerton residents affected by the sewage system and would eventually become a supporter in the fight
for a new system.
A year later, Delaware County Commissioners finally agreed to provide a $50,000 grant from the
county’s economic development income tax fund. This grant would pay for a facility plan to build sewers
in the Royerton area, as well as complete a feasibility study. In 1996, the search for a company to install
the Hamilton Township sewer system began, after having to scrap original plans due Royerton residents’
outrage at proposed sewage costs.
In 1998, surveys of the area to prepare for final design plans and specifications were under way, with
construction beginning in spring of 1999. Since then, the cost of the Royerton sewer system has risen to
almost 15 million dollars. The project has been plagued with cost overruns, construction problems and
defects, and as of March 2006 has yet to be completed.
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of materials related to the planning and implementation of the Royerton sewer
system. Included is a map of observed drain pipes before construction of a new system, a feasibility study,
public meeting information and notes and many news clippings from local papers.
Arrangement
This collection is arranged in the following series:
Series 1: Sewer newspaper clippings and other documents, 1988-1998
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Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection MSS.252
Series 2: Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System drain pipe map, undated
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Ball State University Archives and Special Collections
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Legal title, copyright, and literary rights reside with Archives and Special Collections, Ball State
University Libraries, Muncie, IN. All requests to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to
Archives and Special Collections.
Custodial History
This collection was received by Archives and Special Collections as a donation from Dr. Dennis L.
Kramer on 2004/09/21.
Accruals
No further additions are expected.
Processing Information
Collection processing completed 2006/07 by R. Miller. EAD finding aid created 2012/10/19 by Julie
Hausknecht. EAD finding aid revised 2013/10/30 by Rebecca Marangelli.
Controlled Access Headings
Genre(s)
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Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection MSS.252
• Maps
Geographic Name(s)
• Delaware County (Ind.)
• Hamilton Township (Ind.)
• Royerton (Ind.)
Subject(s)
• Sewers
• Stoeckel Archives of Local History
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Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System collection MSS.252
Series 1: Sewer newspaper clippings and other documents, 1988-1998
Collection Inventory
Series 1: Sewer newspaper clippings and other documents, 1988-1998
Description of observed drain pipes, undated
Sewers information, Bonan group, 1995
Sewers, Hamilton township, preliminary decision, 1998
Sewer, newspaper clippings, undated
Sewers, newspaper clippings, 1992
Sewers, newspaper clippings, 1993
Sewers, newspaper clippings, 1994
Sewers, newspaper clippings, 1995
Sewers, newspaper clippings, 1996
Sewers, newspaper clippings, 1998
Sewers, Royerton, Cowan, 1988, 1993, 1994, 1995, undated
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Series 2: Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System observed drain pipe map, und...
Sewers, programs, planning, 1993-1994, 1996
Sewers, public meeting, notes, information, 1994-1996
Sewers, Royerton, feasibility study, 1995
Sewers, Royerton, petitions, 1994
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MAPS.116 Series 2: Dennis Kramer Royerton Sewer System observed drain pipe map, undated
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