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South, Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer Districts Board OKs report

The South and Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer Districts board of directors recently met to discuss and approve the West Side Sewer Extension Basis of Design Report submitted by GHD Engineering.

The report is the baseline design report that includes information necessary to accomplish the project requirements.

The West Side Sewer Extension Project will provide public sewers to a portion of the unsewered properties on the west side of Chautauqua Lake along the Route 394 corridor up through Stow, to service 450 developed properties in North Harmony.

The $16.9 million project will be financed through a combination of funding from grants and a zero-interest loan from the New York State Environmental Facilities Corporation’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund.

Once established, the estimated user cost will not exceed $1,000 per year for 30 years per equivalent dwelling unit, or properties with single family dwelling water usage, and $100 per year for vacant parcels. The annual charge does not include private property lateral or interior plumbing improvements to connect to the system or the permit fees to the South and Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer District. Each user is responsible to pay the cost to install a sewer line from their dwelling to the property line or to a grinder pumping station installed near the right-of-way.

The municipal sewer extension will offer service to an area that is using private septic systems. The state Department of Environmental Conservation completed a Total Maximum Daily Load phosphorus allocation for Chautauqua Lake in 2012 which identified private septic systems within close proximity to the lake as a source of phosphorus loading. Low-pressure grinder pumps will take the place of septic systems and convey the wastewater through a network of pipes and pumping stations to the South and Center Chautauqua Lake Sewer District Wastewater Treatment Facility in Celoron.

Following the approval of the Basis of Design Report, GHD Engineering has begun work on the plans and specifications for the construction of the extension. The plans and specifications will be sent to regulatory agencies in the fall of 2020 for review. Upon approval by the regulatory agencies, the project will then be advertised for solicitation of construction bids. The bids will be reviewed and awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Estimated construction of the Sewer Extension will take approximately two years beginning the spring of 2021.

The report can be seen at chqgov.com/water-and-sewer-districts/westside-sewer-extension.

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