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North Brookfield to apply for SRF loan as wastewater clarifiers near end of service
Summary
Town officials voted to authorize staff to apply for a State Revolving Fund loan after the sewer superintendent warned both secondary clarifiers at the wastewater treatment plant are in poor condition and replacement parts are obsolete.
The North Brookfield Board of Selectmen voted to authorize an application for a State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan after the town's sewer superintendent described both secondary clarifiers at the wastewater treatment plant as aging and increasingly at risk of failure.
The move begins a formal SRF loan application process that does not obligate the town to accept financing but would preserve the option while the town pursues a separate grant application through a U.S. senator's office.
Eric Cardenas, the town's sewer superintendent, told the board that the clarifiers — deep settling tanks roughly 15 feet deep that remove solids and allow biologically treated water to clear — are “an essential piece to the treatment plant. Without those clarifiers, you do not have treatment.” He said the clarifiers are in “pretty rough shape,” that some mechanical parts are…
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