Municipal Water Supply
After several years of studying several sites in town, a water source in the southeast quadrant of town for a municipal water system was identified and, after further study, a well was drilled at the end of the Class 4 Reed Road in 2006.  Final engineering and permitting are underway for a municipal water system that would begin at the Reed Road wellhead and follow the Town's rights-of-way along Long Road, down Bushnell Road, and to a new storage tank to be constructed on the Town-owned former LeClair gravel pit site.  From the tank, the transmission mains would follow a right-of-way to Tremblay Road, where it would meet Route 100 and continue on to the Village and Irasville. Hydrants will provide fire protection along the route.  Although not part of the original alignment, an alternative route following Old County Road is currently being explored, primarily for fire protection for the residential neighborhood.  Although the project would be paid for entirely by grants and water users through hook-up and annual fees, a bond vote for this $7.59 million project is scheduled for March 4, with construction slated for 2008 and 2009.  Details of the water project were published in Bulletin #1 in November, mailed to property owners and voters, and posted on-line at www.waitsfieldvt.us/water.

Municipal Wastewater System
In 2000, voters overwhelmingly supported the Town's purchase of the so-called "Munn site" at intersection of Route 100 and Kingsbury Road for use as, among other things, a sewage disposal field.  Several years of feasibility planning and engineering were completed in 2004 and final designs and permitting are under way to construct a phased wastewater system.  Phase 1 would provide in-ground treatment for up to 18,000 gallons per day serving Irasville at an estimated cost of $5.62 million.  Phase 2 would include construction of a tertiary treatment system that would increase disposal capacity to more than 90,000 gallons per day at a cost of approximately $6.5 million.  In an effort to reduce costs the wastewater system is proposed to serve only Irasville.  A potentially more cost-effective alternative is proposed to be explored to the north to serve Waitsfield Village.  A two-part bond vote is scheduled for March 4 that will ask voters whether to approve Phase 1 ($5.62 million) and Phase 2 ($6.5 million) of the wastewater project.  Details of the wastewater project were published in Bulletin #2 in January 2008, mailed to property owners and voters, and posted on-line at www.waitsfieldvt.us/sewer.

The wastewater project includes the following components:

• A sewer collection system within the service area of approximately 10,000 to 12,000 linear feet of 8-inch diameter sanitary sewers and the associated sewer manholes, 4-inch diameter sewer service tie-ins, and appurtenances.

• Approximately 10,000 to 14,500 linear feet of primarily 6-inch diameter force mains and appurtenances and three to four pump stations designed to convey the collected wastewater from low points in the service area to the wastewater treatment and disposal facilities on the Munn site. There will be several proposed stream crossings constructed with directional drilling technology.

• A tertiary wastewater treatment facility at the Munn site (located south of the service area on Route 100 just north of Kingsbury Road) including four 10,000-gallon septic tanks in series for primary treatment, influent equalization, biological treatment via a membrane bioreactor process with sludge recirculation, secondary clarification through microfiltration membranes, chemical precipitation for phosphorous removal, and ultraviolet light disinfection.

• A dual-alternating in-ground disposal system consisting of absorption trenches that has been approved for a wastewater effluent disposal capacity of up to 90,274 gallons per day.

Town Documents		Waitsfield Town Plan
		Water Bulletin #1, November 2007 (4 pgs, 1,086 KB)
		Wastewater Bulletin #2, January 2008 (4 pgs, 698 KB)
		Water & Wastewater Costs Bulletin #3, February 2008 (8 pgs, 272 KB)
Publications		VLCT 2006 Municipal Water & Sewer Rate Information (24 pgs, 280 KB)

Valerie J. Capels, Town Administrator Waitsfield Town Office 9 Bridge Street Waitsfield, VT 05673 Phone: (802) 496-2218 Fax: (802) 496-9284 E-mail:

Henry Erickson, Municipal Project Manager Erickson Consulting Phone: (802) 496-4558 E-mail: mpm@madriver.com