WPCA approves rescinds and final benefit assessments, including $723,072.95 pump‑station upgrade assessed to 60 Nyala Farms

At the March 11 meeting the Westport Board, acting as the Water Pollution Control Authority, approved several administrative actions: rescissions of two previously granted supplementary sewer connection approvals; final benefit assessments for 2025 supplemental connections; and a large pump-station upgrade assessment for a single property.

Bridal Thompson, WPCA general manager, said the owners of 15 Pleasant Valley Lane rescinded their prior approval after cost estimates (including a roughly 400-foot run and a driveway bridge) made connection impractical; the applicant paid the $250 rescind fee and the authority recommended approval.

Thompson also described a separate rescind for 8 Indian Point Lane, where the property owner changed plans and opted not to build a separate apartment; the owner paid the standard $250 fee and requested reimbursement of an I&I abatement fee of $3,946.59. The WPCA recommended approval and the board voted to rescind both prior approvals and to reimburse per standard procedure.

On benefit assessments Thompson summarized the 2025 supplemental connection report: after rescinds there are 20 properties subject to supplemental assessments totaling $116,747.04 to be billed July 1, 2026.

The board also approved Contract 77, a planned upgrade to Pump Station No. 860 servicing 60 Nyala Farms. Thompson said the project will replace pumps, upgrade electrical components and monitoring, and that the dollar value ‘‘came in at $723,072.95,’’ to be assessed to the property. Thompson said the assessment would run for 19 years (the property may prepay) and that the municipal bond rate was projected at about 3.5%.

A public commenter asked general questions about how water use and billing are measured; WPCA staff offered to follow up outside the meeting. The assessments and rescinds were approved by the board.