Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Sewer committee reviews composting toilets, preps Phase 2 betterment meeting
Orleans Wastewater committee reviewed sewer phase updates and discussed alternative septic systems.
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Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Wastewater committee retains all officers for fiscal 2027
Orleans wastewater committee retained all officers for fiscal 2027. Kevin Galligan kept his position as chair, Judith Bruce became vice chair, and Ginny Farber remained clerk, all approved unanimously in 6-0-0 votes. The committee reviewed progress on sewer-infrastructure projects including Phase 2
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Orleans sewer project moves toward Phase 3 construction
Orleans sewer committee advanced Phase 3 construction planning in its June 25 meeting. The Wastewater Management Advisory Committee reported 80 applications received for Phase 2 connections, with 29 of 374 properties (8 percent) already connected. Phase 3 is on track to issue a Notice to Proceed in
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Wastewater Committee Approves May Minutes, Cancels Summer Meetings
Orleans Wastewater Committee approves May minutes and suspends summer operations. At its June 11 meeting, the committee voted unanimously to approve prior minutes and agreed to cancel regular meetings on July 23 and August 27 unless urgent business emerges. Chair Kevin Galligan received updates on
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Wastewater panel reviews Phase 2 connections and salt marsh strategy
Orleans Wastewater Management Advisory Committee approves minutes, reviews Phase 2 progress. Program Coordinator John Nelson reported 68 applications received for Phase 2 sewer connections, with only 12 of 374 properties connected and 5 fully completed; 53 remain in the installation phase. DPW
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Committee endorses Pleasant Bay watershed permit agreement
Wastewater panel backs Pleasant Bay watershed agreement. The Orleans Wastewater Management Advisory Committee unanimously recommended that the Select Board approve a revised intermunicipal agreement governing the Pleasant Bay Watershed Permit. Chair Kevin Galligan reported that Phase 3 sewer
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Committee reviews nitrogen compliance planning, drought response.
Orleans Wastewater Management Advisory Committee approves prior meeting minutes and addresses nitrogen compliance planning. Chair Kevin Galligan presided over discussion of Michael Giggey's Wright-Pierce presentation on TMDL compliance in the Meetinghouse Pond sub-embayment and nitrogen management
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Wastewater board approves March minutes and reviews nitrogen planning.
Wastewater Management Advisory Committee approves prior minutes and discusses nitrogen planning. The committee met in hybrid format at Orleans Town Hall on April 9, with seven members present, including Chair Kevin Galligan (Select Board) and Clerk Giru'iy Farber (Board of Water and Sewer
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Wastewater committee approves prior minutes, reviews sewer phases
Wastewater committee updates Orleans sewer construction and water quality plans. Chair Kevin Galligan and six committee members heard from Program Coordinator John Nelson that Phase 2 connect orders will mail March 31, 2026, valid through March 31, 2027. Charles Carlson requested additional funding
Government · Wastewater Management Advisory Committee
Orleans Wastewater Committee votes $45,000 for aquaculture planning.
Orleans Wastewater Management Advisory Committee approves $45,000 aquaculture planning request. The committee voted unanimously to recommend the funding for the Mill Pond Project and forward it to the Select Board for the town meeting warrant, according to minutes released after the March 12 hybrid
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