The Lakeville Board of Health on July 2 approved a proposed replacement septic system and five local variances for 14 Edgewater Drive, contingent on proof that outside water authorities were notified and that the on‑site well is tested.

Will Connolly of Zenith Consulting Engineers described the project to the board: "The site is 14 Edgewater Drive. It's an 18,500 square foot lot, which is bordered by Long Pond to the west. There's an existing 3 bedroom dwelling on-site, which we're proposing to be raised." Connolly told the board the work would remove the existing house and system and replace them with a new three-bedroom house served by a 1,500‑gallon microfast tank, approximately a 1,000‑gallon pump chamber and a stone-and-pipe leaching field.

The application requested several local upgrades, including reducing the required setback to a surface-water supply from 400 feet to 80 feet and related spacing variances. Connolly said the proposed system has been positioned as far from the pond as site constraints allow and that the plan already received Conservation Commission approval.

Board members focused discussion on the on‑site well. The board recorded that the applicant had not supplied a recent well test; Connolly said the client understood a test would be required prior to work. A board member recommended disinfecting and retesting the well after demolition if the family reuses it rather than drilling a new well.

A motion to approve the subsurface sewage disposal system upgrade at 14 Edgewater Drive — including the five variances and subject to provision of notification to Taunton and the other named town and to a well test, and a correction to the D‑box outlet elevation on the plan (from 5.67 to 6) — passed unanimously. The board recorded a unanimous vote in favor (Aye; three members present). The motion specified that if any notified party responds and requests further review, the applicant must return to the board.

The board signed the plan with a handwritten correction to the outlet elevation and requested submission of proof of notifications and the well‑test result before final sign‑off.