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Board reviews DEP report on Silver Hollow water system noncompliance; residents to be notified
Summary
The board reviewed a MassDEP report showing deficiencies at the Silver Hollow public water system serving roughly 30–40 residents; DEP has remediation timelines and may escalate to violations and fines if issues are not corrected; the board will post reports online and have staff contact the HOA point of contact.
The Board of Health examined a Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) packet documenting noncompliance at the Silver Hollow public water system. Chair summarized the DEP materials and said the system serves about 30–40 residents and must follow a remediation checklist. “All of this is public record by default,” the Chair noted; the board agreed to post the DEP report on the town website and to notify the system’s HOA contact directly.
Members discussed that some deficiencies are documentation issues while others relate to infrastructure and operational practices (for example, security and monitoring). Committee member 5 read language from the DEP packet describing potential enforcement: “imposition of penalties of up to 25,000 for each day after the effective date of the order during which each violation continues or is repeated,” noting that two violations could compound daily penalties. The board asked staff to follow up with the HOA and to monitor DEP’s remediation timetable; no new town enforcement action was voted at the meeting.
