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Wastewater Department
Emergency: 774-836-0103
Office: 508-693-0343
Facility Manager: 508-560-9998
Click Here to View Approval for Upgraded Facility Design from MASS DEP 8/3/2023
Draft Environmental Impact Report – Oak Bluffs Wastewater Management Plan Alternatives Screening Analysis and Draft Recommended Plan - July 31, 2023
The Oak Bluffs Comprehensive Wastewater Management Planning Project outlines the Town’s plan to meet nitrogen limits set by the State for its coastal ponds. Below are links to the Report (each chapter is a separate link, to make download/viewing faster) and to each of its Appendices.
The Report has been submitted to MEPA as a Notice of Project Change (NPC) and was listed in the Environmental Monitor on August 8, 2023. Under this schedule, comments on the NPC may be submitted to MEPA until September 22, 2023.
Comments may be submitted through the MEPA Public Comment Portal, by email or by mail by following the instructions outlined in the following link:
https://www.mass.gov/service-details/submitting-comments
All comments should include a reference to the following:
Project Name: Oak Bluffs Comprehensive Wastewater Management Planning Project
EEA#: 15768
Environmental Analyst: Alexander Strysky (alexander.strysky@state.ma.us)
CHAPTERS:
Oak Bluffs Draft DEIR - Compiled
Oak Bluffs DEIR - Title Page, ES, toc (August 2, 2023)
Oak Bluffs DEIR - Cover - Exec Sum TOC (July 31, 2023)
APPENDICES:
Appendix A - 2018 Draft Oak Bluffs NAR
Appendix B - MEPA Certificates and Response Letters
Appendix C - 2017 GHD WWTF Facility Evaluation Final Draft Report
Appendix D - Not Used
Appendix E - 2016 Lagoon Pond PRB Analysis- Lombardo Associates FINAL Report - Revised
Appendix F - 2017 Oak Bluffs I-I Analysis
Appendix G - 2022 SMAST Lagoon Pond Analysis
Appendix H - Oak Bluffs WWTF Upgrade Conceptual Design
Appendix I - Oak Bluffs RMAT Results
FIGURES:
Important Documents - Click Links Below to View:
OB WWTF Pre-Approved Contractor List
Dukes County Coastal Resilience Improvement Permit Level Design (funded by the Municipal Vulnerability Preparedness (MVP) Action Grant Program)
Multiple Town and Island-Wide resiliency evaluations have highlighted the vulnerability of the Dukes County Pump Station to coastal storms. Building on these evaluations, the Town of Oak Bluffs was awarded an MVP Action Grant to conduct an alternatives evaluation of coastal resilience improvements for the station and to prepare a permit level design for the selected alternative. The link below contains the Public Presentation to the Wastewater Commission in May 2023 outlining the project. The Public Presentation outline is available in English and Portuguese.
Oak Bluffs MVP Public Participation Presentation
Dukes County Coastal Resilience Evaluation - Portuguese
Oak Bluffs MVP Public Participation Presentation - Zoom Meeting on May 18, 2023 at 2pm
Mission Statement
The mission of the Wastewater Department is to serve the town in meeting its wastewater needs and meet its state permit requirements.
Goals & Objectives
Expand the wastewater plant to handle future needs that will be driven by the CWMP (Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan) for the next 20 years.
Accomplishments
- Constantly meets state permit requirements.
- Meets state permitting levels as measured by daily, weekly and monthly sampling.
- Lack of odor control complaints.
- Timely response to customer concerns.
- Repairs most pump problems with an alarm system, notifying the department before a customer even knows of a problem.
- Computer monitoring SCADA system improves efficiency in plant monitoring and process control.
Budget
- The first ever rate increase was approved at a public hearing in Fiscal Year 2023 in June of 2023. All users in the FY24 will be assessed a $200 annual additional fee in the FY24 Invoice. Users that discharge 360,001 or more gallons will pay an additional $0.012 per gallon over 360,001 gallons with usage in FY24 to be included in the FY25 Invoice.
Wastewater Commissioners:
Gail Barmakian, Chairman
Term Expires: 2026
Bill Alwardt
Term Expires: 2025
Cassandra Bowler
Term Expires: 2024
CWMP Draft Needs Assessment Report
CWMP Public Presentations
Forms
Agenda and Minutes | View Most Recent Agenda
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Patrick Hickey
Facilities ManagerPhone: (508) 560 9998
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Bridget A. Palmieri
Administrative Assistant
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Wastewater
Physical Address
17 Pennsylvania Avenue
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
Mailing Address
P.O. Box 1526
Oak Bluffs, MA 02557
Phone: 508-693-0343Fax: 508-696-6035Emergency Phone: 774-836-0103
After Hours Emergency: 774-836-0103