2. Notice of Scoping for Old Saybrook Decentralized Wastewater Management Systems

Municipality where proposed project would be located: Old Saybrook

Project Description: :  Previous wastewater studies have identified a number of areas of environmental concern within the town due to inadequate wastewater treatment and disposal. (Click here to see map of study areas.)  Factors limiting proper onsite wastewater disposal within these areas include poor soils, high groundwater and small lot sizes. The proposal to address these issues is to implement a decentralized wastewater management plan. This plan includes the construction of sanitary sewers to serve the Chalker Beach, Indiantown and Saybrook Manor study areas. Sewer and treatment system capacity will be sized to accommodate existing development, with minimal capacity for growth or expansion. Wastewater will be conveyed to an inland site for treatment and disposal into a subsurface effluent disposal system. Other study areas are proposed to be addressed by a combination of mandatory septic system improvements or installation of alternative treatment technologies, the management of which would be the responsibility of the water pollution control authority. Properties in these areas will be evaluated on a case-by-case basis.

Written comments from the public are welcomed and will be accepted until the close of business on:  July 11, 2003

Any person can ask the sponsoring agency to hold a Public Scoping Meeting by sending such a request to the address below. If a meeting is requested by 25 or more individuals, or by an association that represents 25 or more members, the Department of Environmental Protection will schedule a Public Scoping Meeting.

Department of Environmental Protection
Bureau of Water Management (2nd Floor)
79 Elm Street, Hartford, CT 06106