Water board backs generator funding article

Other Committee · Meeting of October 21, 2026

ORLEANS — The Orleans Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners voted unanimously to support Article 20, a generator-funding article, at the November Special Town Meeting. Director of Public Works Rich Waldo and water department staffer Sue Brown caught a miscalculated flow application from a restaurant at 89 Old Colony Way seeking to expand from 35 to 72 seats; the corrected figure was 756 gallons per day, far below the 10,080 gallons originally requested, and the board took no action pending a revised filing. The board voted 6-1, with Tim Brady dissenting, to recommend the Board of Health grant a sewer connection deferral to The Rail at 222 Main Street, and voted unanimously to recommend a similar deferral for the Orleans Historical Society's planned Three River Road museum addition.

Commissioner Kevin Mahoney reported Orleans was one of six entities statewide recognized at a Worcester ceremony for the state revolving loan fund reaching a "$10 billion milestone." Waldo said a sewer and water rate discussion, tied to the FY28 budget, is now planned for December rather than October "because we just don't have it 100 percent identified."

In the full story:

• New Planning Board Liaison and the Commission Action List
• Solar Array Update
• Minutes Deferred
• 89 Old Colony Way: A Flow Calculation Corrected Before Approval
• 48 Namaquoit Road: A Premature Request
• H Shaney Road: Additional Flow Approved
• 222 Main Street: Sewer Connection Deferral Recommended, Over One Dissent
• Three River Road: Deferral Recommended for Museum Addition
• Commitments, Abatements and Refunds
• DPW Report: Construction Progress and a December Rate Discussion
• Wastewater Management Advisory and State Recognition
• Wastewater Treatment Plant Operations
• Who Was There
• Organizations And Documents Referenced
• The complete report: 2,614 words

Source: the Other Committee meeting of October 21, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.

Checked against the record: before publication this article was automatically compared with the meeting transcript.