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Springfield utility cites multi‑hundred‑million program, asks regional help for CSO abatement
Summary
Springfield Water and Sewer staff described a multi‑year capital program supported by a $250 million WIFIA loan and state matching funds, said earlier projects have reduced CSOs by about half, and urged regional collaboration for funding.
Utility staff told councilors that CSO abatement is expensive and that Springfield has already invested heavily. "The commission has already spent 350,000,000 or $300,000,000 of your money, to clean these up," Josh Schimmel said, and he detailed a recent $140,000,000 project that the utility reported reduced CSOs by roughly 52%.
Schimmel described a $250,000,000 WIFIA loan the commission secured and said the broader program, after federal and state matches and inflation, represents approximately a $550,000,000 to $750,000,000 investment. He argued the ask for additional funding should be regional because multiple communities benefit from a cleaner Connecticut River.
