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Select Board approves polymer replacement and authorizes CSO tank cleaning as sewer-permit work continues
Summary
The Select Board approved a $18,855 expenditure to replace a polymer feed unit and authorized up to $30,000 to clean and inspect a combined-sewer-overflow (CSO) tank as the town works with engineers and lawyers to rewrite its sewer ordinance and draft a discharge permit for a local factory.
The Select Board voted to approve the replacement of a failing polymer “make down” unit for the wastewater dewatering system and to waive the routine quote process for cleaning and inspecting a town CSO tank as part of ongoing work to align local sewer rules with a state discharge permit.
The equipment replacement — not to exceed $18,855 from the pollution control capital reserve account — and the CSO cleaning and inspection authorization, an amount not to exceed $30,000, passed unanimously. Town staff said the steps are tied to a pending permit and long-running combined-sewer overflow upgrades.
Town public works staff described the need in detail. “We are obligated by the e DEP to issue that permit and to hold them responsible for any…
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