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Oconomowoc staff outline sanitary sewer study for four outlying areas; developers say high off‑site costs limit near-term projects
Summary
City staff presented a hybrid sanitary-sewer study covering four southwest-area tracts where developers are requesting sewer service; the report shows multiple routing and pump-station options and warns that off-site costs and topography could make development infeasible without city participation or changed densities.
City of Oconomowoc staff on June 17 presented a hybrid sanitary-sewer study that analyzes options for providing sewer service to four undeveloped or partially developed areas south and west of the city center.
Why it matters: The study is an early-stage, engineering-level look at how to extend sanitary sewers into parcels that are beginning to draw developer interest. Staff and the city’s consultant identified a range of options — some that depend on orderly, coordinated development and some that would require temporary pump stations and force mains — and urged a prioritized follow-up study for one of the areas the consultant labeled Area 1.
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