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Skowhegan staff urges rewriting septage policy, proposes fees and plant upgrades after year of high septage volumes
Summary
Water Pollution Control staff reported the plant received about 280,000 gallons of septage last year and urged the Select Board to rewrite a 1988 policy, adopt a fee structure (in-network/out-of-network/commercial), and amend the sewer ordinance to give the policy legal force; staff proposed capital upgrades including an aerobic digester and an industrial pretreatment program.
Skowhegan's wastewater staff urged the Select Board to update a decades-old septage receivable policy and amend the sewer ordinance after reporting sharp increases in septage deliveries and recurring equipment costs at the treatment plant.
Speaker 10 (Water Pollution Control staff) told the board the town's existing sewage/"septage receivable" policy dates to 1988 and is not posted online. "We're licensed to receive septage," he said, "but we haven't been following the policy," and staff plan to rewrite the policy, create a fee structure, and then amend the sewer ordinance to give that policy legal backing.
On volumes, Speaker 10 said the plant received about 280,000…
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