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Council adopts water and sewer master plans; consultants recommend north‑side water storage, booster for fire flow and Eagle Mountain treatment for sewer
Summary
Consultants updated the council on the water master plan changes and presented the town's first sewer master plan. Council adopted both plans by ordinance after discussion of costs, fire flow deficiencies and developer-driven timelines.
Consultants presented updated water master plan recommendations and Fairfield’s first sewer master plan to the town council on May 21; the council adopted both plans by ordinance that night.
Rochelle of Bowen Collins & Associates reviewed revisions to the water master plan. Consultants reduced the amount of south-side pipe upsizing by recommending storage on the town’s north side, and they recommended looping and a north‑side booster pump station to meet a 1,500 gallons‑per‑minute fire‑flow standard in emergency situations. Rochelle said the booster would operate for emergency conditions only.
Rochelle said projected water demand increased sharply when accounting for the Firefly tech overlay and industrial development on the northeast side of town; the consultant said developers would bear much of the upfront cost if development occurs there.
On the sewer plan, the consultant outlined three collection‑routing alternatives and compared treatment options including building a local treatment plant versus contracting with Eagle Mountain. The consultant recommended alternative 2 — routing flows east to connect directly into the Eagle Mountain sewer system — and contracting with Eagle Mountain for treatment. The consultant reported preliminary discussions with Eagle Mountain and said Eagle Mountain indicated openness to begin talks about an agreement.
Both presenters emphasized that construction of system elements will be developer driven: backbone projects would be built as development pressures materialize, and timing and costs depend on developer schedules and easements.
Council members asked about implementation timing and the desire to avoid repeated, townwide pavement disturbance from uncoordinated construction. One council member said the plans give the town a defensible technical basis for review and coordination so utilities are installed in planned locations rather than piecemeal.
By ordinance, the council adopted the Fairfield Town Master Sewer Plan and the Fairfield Town Master Water Plan in the meeting’s business session (ordinances referenced below).
