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WPCA weighs one-time sanitary sewer impact fee of $10–$50 per added gallon
Summary
Town staff presented AECOM cost estimates and recommended a one-time impact fee for new flows into the sewer system, proposing a range of $10–$50 per gallon per day of added flow; staff described examples and the planned public hearing and adoption process.
At a special meeting of the Town of New Canaan Water Pollution Control Authority, Public Works staff presented a proposal to establish a one-time sanitary sewer impact fee applied to new permits that add projected flows to the town’s sanitary system.
Maria Weingarten, Public Works staff, summarized AECOM’s cost estimate and recommended approach. She said AECOM calculated a present-worth treatment and transportation cost of about $50 per gallon per day of added flow, using an assumed 20‑year project life and a discount rate of 2.75% annually, and recommended the WPCA consider a one-time impact fee set at the projected treatment cost. “We recommend that a sanitary sewer impact fee be created that applies to non municipal projects that result in…
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