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Swansea board backs plan to pipe West Swansea sewage to Keene, not build local plant
Summary
The select board accepted a Water & Sewer Advisory Committee recommendation to pursue piping West Swansea sewage to the regional Keene wastewater plant, citing tighter EPA effluent limits and lower capital and long‑term operating costs; the committee will seek engineering, grants and voter approval for a bond.
The Swansea select board voted to accept a recommendation from its Water & Sewer Advisory Committee to pursue a connection that would pump West Swansea sewage to the regional Keene wastewater treatment plant rather than build a new local mechanized plant.
Scott, a committee member presenting the advisory group's findings, told the board the engineering study compared two main options: constructing a new activated‑sludge plant (estimated in the study at roughly $26 million) or piping West Swansea flow to Keene (roughly $16 million). The committee voted unanimously to recommend connection to Keene based on capital and operating cost projections and…
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