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Wastewater Construction

 

Laundromat Survey. The Provincetown Water & Sewer Board is pleased to offer you the opportunity to voice your opinion regarding a Laundromat in Provincetown. Please fill out the form and submit it using the link provided here – your opinion matters to us! The form can be filled in using Adobe Reader software (Requires Acrobat Reader Version 6, click here to download the free software).

  • Click the GREEN button for a YES answer; click the RED button for a NO answer.
  • Your name and address are not necessary, but space has been provided should you choose to include that information
  • If you make an error, use the CLEAR FORM button at the bottom of this form to erase any responses already chosen and start over again
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  • When you are satisfied with your answers, click the SUBMIT button at the bottom of this form. An email window will open, addressed to PTOWN@ENVPARTNERS.COM. Simply click SEND and your survey will be on its way to us.
 

MMA Innovation Award for Provincetown's Unique Sewer Solution. The Massachusetts Municipal Association has announced that the Town of Provincetown has been selected by the MMA to be the recipient of its 2004 Kenneth E. Pickard Municipal Innovation Award for our "Unique Wastewater Solution." The awards ceremony will take place on Saturday, January 17, 2004 in Boston during MMA's 2004 Annual Meeting. Provincetown's sewer solution was so unique it required five special pieces of state legislation to bring it about. Provincetown's is a model for other communities looking to construct a sewer which

  • principally serves those properties that cannot comply with Title 5 on site, as well as those adjacent properties which choose to connect, by establishing-by special legislation-- a "checkerboard" district where properties opt-in;
  • is paid for only by those properties which connect to the sewer- through another change in state law
  • through the use "administrative consent orders" in the years preceding commencement of sewer operations, allows property owners with failed systems to set aside escrow funds to pay for their sewer betterments, rather than having to use those funds to upgrade septic systems that would soon be abandoned;
  • is "growth neutral" and does not fuel growth simply by building a sewer system, but instead limits connecting properties to the greater of their current legal use or their Title 5 design capacity, whichever is greater.

Final Phase I Sewer Betterments assessed: . Read more

Sewer System "on-line" July 15, 2003. The Provincetown Wastewatery System went on-line on July 15, 2003. The celebratory "first flush" occurred at 9 a.m. at the Wastewater Treatment Plant, site of the Old Burn Dump.. Click for photographs. This event came 16 months after the March 26, 2002 groundbreaking. Since then, we have completed work on the treatment plant, the effluent disposal beds and the central vacuum station, and have laid all main sewer pipes. This summer, the sewer will serve up to 60 properties during the plant's start-up period. The project is on schedule and we look forward to connecting the remaining 400 properties during the coming off-season.

Phase I Sewer Project

Frequently Asked Questions concerning sewer hook-ups

Properties which must connect to the Sewer, per the Board of Health. Read the list.

WHAT'S HAPPENING . . .

New Sewer Flow Criteria Adopted. The Provincetown Water and Sewer Board formally adopted the following criteria for determining potential allocation of so-called available Phase 1 flow gallons. Click here for complete details.

Information for Property Owners Connecting to the Sewer. Recently, all Property Owners who are connecting to the sewer received information regarding their upcoming sewer connection responsibilities. A Forum with Local & Area Contractors to Support the Homeowner Connection Program To be held on Saturday, April 12, 2003 at the Grace Gouveia Building, 26 Alden Street (DPW Offices) Room 11, at 8:00 am. Click for more details

New Sewer Rules and Regulations. The Provincetown Water and Sewer Board held a public meeting Thursday March 20, 2003 in the Second Floor Meeting Room, Senior Center, Grace Gouveia Building, 26 Alden Street, Provincetown MA 02657 and then and there amended and adopted the following Sewer Rules and Regulations related primarily to the connection of properties to the municipal sewer system. Click here for complete details.

Contractor List. Click here for a complete list of contractors providing service for the installation of the sewer

Project milestones: The Coast Guard Station, Town Hall and the Comfort Station have been completed as early connections.

House Connections by date & address.
Work hours will be from 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Please expect the following possible inconveniences: Road closures, detours, and delays. Parking availability may be affected in work areas. Notices will be distributed to residents and/or posted in advance of construction near your property. Notices will be issued each week during the construction season.

QUESTIONS? Please feel free to direct your questions about this project to Wayne Perry of Environmental Partners Group. They can be reached by calling 508 487-7491or by e-mail at ptown@envpartners.com. Office hours are 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., weekdays.

Provincetown is Breaking New Ground!

The Sewer groundbreaking ceremony was held on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 at the Wastewater Treatment Plant Site on Route 6. Click for photographs.
For more information contact: 
Office of the Director of Public Works, Town of Provincetown, 26 Alden Street, Provincetown, MA  02657 (508) 487-7060

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