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Board grants most variances for Hackett Ave treatment system but requires tank moved, protections for neighbor swale
Summary
The board approved a suite of local upgrade requests for a denitrifying (presby/microFAST) system at 121 Hackett (Hackaday/Hackett Ave) but refused a property-line setback reduction for the tank and added conditions to protect a drainage swale and a retaining wall and to verify plumbing relocation is not feasible before final permits.
The Lakeville Board of Health granted most of the requested local upgrade approvals for a proposed advanced on-site treatment system at the property identified in the file as 121 Hackett (presented by Zenith Consulting Engineers) but declined one waiver and attached construction protections and reporting conditions after substantial public comment.
Engineer Will Connolly described a design that replaces an existing cesspool with a 1,500-gallon microFAST tank, a pump chamber and a sloped presby bed across the street. Connolly listed numerous local variances requested: reduction of setback between septic tank and property line from 10 feet to 5 feet; increasing tank and pump-chamber depth from 3 to 6 feet; reductions in separation from high…
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