![]() ![]() Boothbay Harbor Sewer District Chairman Jim Stormont suggested she should begin getting them out to homeowners quickly. Higgins divided this amount by a typical home's usage of 95 gallons per day which resulted in $38,500.īurns said the entry fee amount is part of the construction loan.īefore the district can hook up the island to its services Burns must acquire 47 individual entrance applications by spring of next year, and in the off-season it will be tricky. The daily average usage of all buildings combined was 3,657 gallons. He obtained the usage data from the Boothbay RegionWater District's pump station 3. ![]() Higgins based the entrance fee amount on the usage of all 46 buildings over the last 3 years. Higgins said the corporation could wait until next spring to do both. ![]() ![]() The corporation must sign an inter-corporation agreement with the sewer district, because Capitol Island is outside the district's geographical border (as required by the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District charter) and pay an entrance fee (for all 45 cottages and the community house/casino) of $38,500. A fish and wildlife permit is also required. The corporation must also acquire approval from the federal government because it is DMR's deed holder until 2016. An easement was granted by the Department of Marine Resources (DMR) due to the pipeline installation in waters around the facility. Burns planned to file the corporation's permit by rule application by the end of the week. Many permits are involved in bringing such a large project to fruition. She also knew overboard discharge (OBD) permits for many of the cottages were due to expire in the next 5 to 10 years. Everyone is afraid of the expense, but they are ready to bite the bullet,” Burns said.īurns said she had been considering connecting to the district for 3 years, shortly after Squirrel Island connected. “There was a positive vote from our residents at the annual meeting in late July. “We've negotiated what we think is a good construction contract,” Burns said. She said they didn't realize how costly it was for contractor's to bring materials to an island in numerous small loads and ledge removal. Burns said the amount they were working with was $950,000 inclusive. Of that distance, approximately 6,520 feet is underwater pipe, and on land, approximately 110-feet on McKown Point and 200 feet on the island.īurns said the corporation applied for a water/wastewater loan or grant through Rural Development State Revolving Loan Fund, this is administered through the DEP to cover costs that Burns said was far more than the corporation had anticipated. There is a distance of between pump station number 3 on Capitol Island to the sewer main on McKown Point Road is between 6,500 and 6,800-feet, according to Steve Stearns, engineer for Pinkham and Greer. The connection would have to be completed by mid-April 2013 when the water was turned back on. Capitol Island Village Corporation member Elizabeth Burns reviewed the island's progress in getting sewer service from the Boothbay Harbor Sewer District during a September 19 meeting with trustees.īurns, who is also the chairman of the Capitol Island Waste Water Committee, had submitted an engineering plan by Pinkham and Greer of Falmouth to district Supervisor Chris Higgins that day, prior to the start of the meeting.īurns said they were hoping work could begin next month after the seasonal water is shut off. ![]()
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