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Conservation Commission grants order for Lowell sewer-separation outfall at 639 Aiken Ave
Summary
The Lowell Conservation Commission voted to issue a City of Lowell standard Order of Conditions for a Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility project to install a mainline drain conduit and a new outfall near Bunker Hill that will divert inflow from Humphreys Brook and Billings Street into the Merrimack River (DEP 2060840).
The Lowell Conservation Commission on Feb. 26 approved a City of Lowell standard Order of Conditions for a notice of intent by the Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility to install a mainline drain conduit and a new outfall near 639 Aiken Avenue to divert large inflow sources from Humphreys Brook and the Billings Street wetland to the Merrimack River (DEP 2060840).
The project is part of an eight-year sewer-separation program the utility said is mandated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection under a consent decree. "This is an eight-year project mandated by the EPA and MassDEP in our consent decree," said Evan Walsh, engineering manager at the Lowell Regional Wastewater Utility. Walsh said the work is intended primarily to reduce combined sewer overflows; "additional benefits will include less street…
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