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Sewer department outlines stormwater utility plan, sampling program and capital requests
Summary
Sewer Department and new Stormwater Division staff presented a strategic plan, proposed stormwater regulations to create an enterprise fund, a sampling program for harbor outfalls, and several capital and staffing requests including a $1.7 million supplemental for Airport Road pump station.
The Nantucket Sewer Department and its newly created Stormwater Division gave the Select Board an update Tuesday on a package of planned regulation, monitoring and capital work that officials said is intended to protect public health and Nantucket Harbor water quality.
The presentation outlined goals for fiscal 2026, steps to finalize proposed stormwater regulations that would establish a stormwater enterprise fund, a new island-wide sampling program for harbor outfalls, and a set of capital projects and staffing requests.
Department leaders said the stormwater regulations — about 90% complete — would create a utility funded by modest annual fees tied to impervious surface and different rate zones (a higher downtown rate and a lower rate for areas outside downtown). “We’re about 90% complete with those regulations,” Stormwater Manager Charles Johnson said, “and we’re ready to present those to town administration and the Select Board…
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