05/05/1994 BOARD OF HEALTH Minutes

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MINUTES May 5 , 1994 2 BOARD OF HEALTH water supply approval from D.E.P. ." "Mr. Grassetti is present this evening to discuss these issues. " Mr. Grassetti relayed, "The Scofield's letter is accu- rate. " "There is a not a burm on the road however, one is proposed in the near future. " "I maintain that once the burm is installed and the water is being held on the road bed and put in at the design level into the pipe that it will redi- rect the water off the Scofield property. " "We are also go- ing to install an overflow pipe. " Mr. Doherty questioned Mr. Grassetti as to when the job will be completed. Mr. Grassetti responded, "Within a 30 to 60 day period. " Mr. McQuaid commented, "I do not see how this burm is going to lessen the flow. " Mr. Grassetti responded, "The burro will contain the wa- ter and keeps it flowing out at a moderate level. " "The vol- ume of water will eventually be the same but it is not all flooding back into the Scofield property. " Mr. McQuaid questioned Mr. Grassetti as to whether the extension has been approved by the Planning Board. Mr. Grassetti responded, "No." Mr. Doherty informed Mr. Grassetti the Board will for- ward a letter of support to the Planning Board. Mr. Grassetti stated, "The pumping problem at the project is not one of an interim nature. " "The pump cham- bers, the pumps and the system that we are talking about is in fact the permanent collection system for a treatment fa- cility which will become operational upon a certain number of occupied dwellings. " "There are two pumps and 20,000 tanks in place of which all have functioned unremarkedly for a pe- riod of 4 years now. " "In one chamber there are two 5 1/2 horse power pumps in the other chamber there are two 7 1/2 horse power pumps." "They were designed to alternate with flow. " "The town and State certified that the alarms were functioning properly. " "Our engineers indicated that in one case there was hardly enough flow to keep the pump on for longer than 30 seconds. " "As a result one of the pumps burned out. " "Nothing happened because the flows were so low that they never got high enough to activate the float so we never knew the pump had burned out." "The pump has been taken out and repaired. " "The other pump, basically the same thing happened. " "They have both been fully repaired and they should be installed next week."