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Select Board presentation outlines $6.4 million plan to acquire, upgrade West Swanzey water system
Summary
Town staff presented a plan to acquire the private West Swanzey Water Company and build new pump and storage infrastructure; the proposal would carry an estimated $6.4 million price tag and rely on New Hampshire Clean Water SRF funding that includes unusually large principal forgiveness.
Town staff told the Swansea Select Board that the town could buy the private West Swanzey Water Company and complete a turnkey upgrade of pumps, a new pump house and a larger storage tank at an estimated project cost of $6.4 million.
Presenters said the work, as outlined in a 2024 study by Underwood Engineers, would include purchasing the company (estimated about $600,000), constructing a new pump house (about $2.5 million) and building a storage tank (about $3.3 million) plus a new main to connect the tank to the system. The study identified two active wells, one inactive well, and aging infrastructure that limits storage, fire flow and the number of new service connections.
The town is pursuing a Clean Water State Revolving Fund (SRF) loan administered by the New Hampshire Department of…
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