Town Administrator Robert L. Whritenour presented Article 17, a multi-million dollar project to rehabilitate the concrete tanks at the town’s 25-year-old septage treatment plant. The request comes as the facility has suffered significant erosion due to the caustic nature of the waste it processes.

Whritenour explained that the repairs are necessary to extend the facility's life by another two decades and ensure it can operate alongside the town’s new wastewater treatment plant. This material is so caustic... the concrete actually begins to get eaten away, he said. It's a multi-million dollar project to rehab this whole plant... it'll allow us to operate much more efficiently.

By keeping the septage facility in good repair, the town can separate the processing of septic waste from the new sewer system, protecting the new plant from the highly corrosive materials found in pumped septage. The project is seen as a vital investment in long-term infrastructure stability.