DEM Says $17 Million Sewer Expansion Needed In Tiverton

Tiverton is planning for a $17 million sewer expansion after DEM found town drainage pipes were carrying pollutants into the Mt. Hope Bay.

The state Department of Environmental Management (DEM) is requiring a North Tiverton neighborhood to be connected to town sewers after discovering pollution in the Mount Hope Bay from failed septic systems, according to Tiverton officials. Connecting the entire neighborhood will cost Tiverton $17 million. "Pollution was in the Mt. Hope Bay and discharges from two pipes was severely affecting water quality in the bay," said Stephen Berlucchi, director of public works, describing a DEM water quality study along the East Bay up to Fall River. After DEM identified the two Tiverton neighborhoods where failed septic systems were releasing pollutants into the Mt. Hope Bay: the Robert Gray Avenue Watershed and the Summerfield Lane Watershed. …

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Jeffrey M. Belli

8:38 pm on Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Yes it does Mike if it is animal waste there is nothing we can do about it you sound like the same fools that beleive a pump out boat would have solved a problem like this and to have to spend 17 mil to solve a problem that would continue is down right stupid. Joe sousa was right from the start you accept there money and the DEM tries to push it on you to put in sewers.   more ›