[Adopted 3-14-2019]
A. 
The Newtown Water Pollution Control Authority was established as an agency of the Town by Ordinance 56, adopted by the Legislative Council on May 7, 1980, in accordance with Section 7-246 of the Connecticut General Statutes, and redesignated as the Water and Sewer Authority ("WSA") by Ordinance 56A adopted by the Legislative Council on April 7, 2004.
B. 
The WSA has prepared this Water Pollution Control Plan to designate and delineate the boundaries of areas to be served by Town sewers and areas where sewers are to be avoided and to describe the policies and programs to be carried out to control surface water and groundwater pollution control problems.
A. 
The Interim Design Report by Fuss & O'Neill set out the design parameters for the construction of the sewerage system to serve the state and town properties in the central area of Newtown. The treatment plant was designed and constructed for a twenty-year average daily flow of 932,000 gallons per day, and the sewers were designed and constructed for the ultimate forty-year average daily flow of 1,864,000 gallons per day.
B. 
The Newtown Facilities Plan of 1992 identified potential ultimate sewer service areas in the Sandy Hook riverside communities, South Main Street, and Taunton Pond West. These areas were dropped from the final design when it was determined that septic repairs and controls on future development would be a more cost-effective solution.
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By agreement, the state and Town each have access to a share of the plant capacity. As flows from either party increase to near their allotted share of capacity, that party may request the loan of unused plant capacity from the other to meet environmental needs until the combined flows approach the system limits, at which time the plant may be expanded.
D. 
A separate sewerage system was built in the Hawleyville area of the Town to encourage economic development, not to meet environmental needs. By agreements with the towns of Bethel and Danbury, up to 150,000 gallons per day of sewage may be pumped through Bethel to the municipal treatment plant in Danbury.
Sewer service areas are shown on maps originally approved June 2015. Updated maps will be filed with DEEP and the Town Clerk.
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All areas outside of the designated sewer service areas are sewer avoidance areas. It is the intention of the WSA not extend sewers into sewer avoidance areas unless recommended by the Newtown Health District or mandated by the DEEP for environmental reasons.
B. 
Sewers may be extended into sewer avoidance areas when requested by the Town as municipal improvements in accordance with Section 8-24 of the Connecticut General Statutes.
C. 
The WSA will continue to participate in the mandatory review process of the Health Panel Review Panel along with members of the Health District, Inland Wetlands, and Planning and Zoning Commission to control activities in sewer avoidance areas that may exacerbate hydrogeologic conditions on the site.
D. 
As an aid to Town planning agencies, the WSA will provide periodic reports on available sewer capacity in all sections of the sewerage systems.
A. 
The date of adoption shall be deemed the effective date of this Water Pollution Control Plan. This plan may be amended by the WSA with the approval of the Board of Selectmen. A copy of this plan and any updates shall be filed with the State Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection.
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The original Water Pollution Plan was adopted on February 9, 1995, and previously amended on June 24, 1999, August 13, 2009, and January 8, 2015.