Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority

This Engineering Plan, commissioned by the Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority, addresses wastewater management challenges for 90 parcels in the Dean and Pocono Road Area of Concern. It evaluates current wastewater practices, assesses their public health and environmental impacts, particularly concerning the Still River's contamination from malfunctioning septic systems, and proposes cost-effective, technically reliable solutions. The plan recommends implementing a hybrid Septic Tank Effluent (STE) sewer system (STEP-STEG) to mitigate these adverse impacts and includes a detailed implementation schedule.

The meeting held a public informational hearing regarding the Dean Road and Pocono Road Sanitary Sewer Extension Project. Key discussion topics included project background, soil and groundwater conditions, septic system concerns, potential wastewater management alternatives, recent activities, project funding, design progress, cost analysis, and the project timeline. Public comments addressed technical operational questions regarding grinder pumps, maintenance requirements, alarm systems, property impacts, and potential costs to homeowners.

This document outlines a wastewater management plan commissioned by the Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority to address wastewater management issues and needs for approximately 1,500 properties near Candlewood Lake. The plan aims to evaluate existing wastewater practices, determine their public health and environmental impacts, particularly on Candlewood Lake's water quality, and develop cost-effective, technically reliable solutions. This specific Task 1 report focuses on providing a community profile, describing natural resources, and summarizing the history and water quality conditions of Candlewood Lake, identifying concerns such as adverse impacts from septic discharges on drinking water quality and the lake's ecological health.