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Director outlines city responses to Sewer and Water Advisory Board recommendations; board members say they feel ignored
Summary
The city’s utilities director told a council committee he has prepared written responses to the Sewer and Water Advisory Board’s May 2025 report, including plans for a sanitary‑sewer evaluation study (SSES) under the city’s EPA consent decree and continued sewer‑lining and pump‑station work.
The director of utilities reviewed the city’s written responses to the Sewer and Water Advisory Board’s (SWAB) May 2025 biannual report and said administrators are moving on several recommendations while acknowledging the board’s frustration.
Director Carbonaro said the department is preparing a sanitary sewer evaluation study (SSES) required by the city’s consent decree with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; the SSES will map inflow and infiltration (I&I) and dry‑weather flow levels in sewer districts and guide future lining and pump‑station work. Carbonaro also said recent sewer‑lining work has reduced peak flows at the wastewater plant, and that the city has pursued WPCLF (Water Pollution Control Loan Fund) loans for pump‑station upgrades…
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