This cost depends on whether a public sewer is adjacent to your property and suitable for your use. A public sewer is usually eight inches or more in diameter and may be located in a street or a sewer easement through private property. If public sewer is available, you may owe a reimbursement (called a latecomers charge) to the installer of public sewer facilities such as pump stations and pipes serving your property. You also might be required to extend the public sewer pipe, at your expense, across all frontages of your property if it is not installed there already.

If no public sewer is available, you would be responsible for extending the public sewer from the end of the Citys existing system to and along the frontage of your property prior to making a connection. The cost to extend a sewer pipe varies, depending on the length of the project, difficulty of the terrain, soil type, need to acquire easements, the amount of engineering work required, pipe and backfill materials specified, methods of construction employed, and surface restoration requirements. In rare cases, you may also owe a latecomers charge as described above. Construction of a public sewer requires permitting and inspection by the Citys Community Planning and Development Department at 360.753.8314. To receive a permit, you would be required to submit design plans, conforming with the Citys Engineering Design and Development Standards, for review and approval.

The cost of a sewer extension project can sometimes be shared with your neighbors who also would benefit from the availability of a sewer adjacent to their properties. Longer, shared sewer projects allow for an economy of scale in design and construction that reduces the cost per property, as compared to each property owner sequentially installing a separate, smaller sewer extension project. The City will be constructing a limited number of neighborhood sewers in priority areas.

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TIVERTON Within the next few weeks, Tiverton will be immersed in an estimated $71.74 million campaign to revolutionize its sewer system. A new law creating what will be called the Tiverton Wastewater District (TWD) is headed to the governors office for his expected approval and will take effect immediately. It will lay the groundwork for the construction and management of a town sewer system meant to replace the existing patchwork sewer, septic, and cesspool system in parts of town. Sewer votes will be taken neighborhood by neighborhood. The laws primary sponsor in the House, Representative (and Tiverton resident) Jay Edwards (D-Dist. 70), said, Its what the people in the area wanted and what the town council wanted. It gives people an alternative to very expensive septic systems, and it provides a long-term viable solution to the towns wastewater problem. It will also make it easier for businesses to come in to town. They wont have to put in expensive septic systems. They can tie in right away. Town Council President Ed Roderick concurred. Obviously the law is in Tivertons best interests, because of the water issues we have with water quality and the discharge into the bay, he said. It will only make Tiverton a better place to live especially along the water, Im hoping the economic impact on property owners won t be that great, but it is less expensive than a septic system. The new sewer system will be governed by the TWD and the transition will happen quickly. The town council last month approved spending $2,500 from the Wastewater Commissions budget to pay a business manager to assist in setting up the TWD. On May 23, the US Department of Agriculture announced that $4.6 million in grants and loans had been committed to Tiverton to help it set up the TWD. The Town Council on June 30 is expected to appoint the TWDs seven-member board of directors, said Leroy Kendricks, chairman of the towns existing Wastewater Management Commission. Under terms of the new law, he and the other current members of the Tiverton Wastewater Commission will be named the directors of the TWD. The TWD will take immediate ownership of all the current systems assets,accounts, pipes and property, and all its liabilities. The 550 households in Tiverton that are tied into the existing sewer system that runs into Fall River, will soon be paying their bills to the new TWD. Within a month or two of passage of the act, well be looking for a vote in three priority areas, to set the stage for the installation of in-the-ground sewers there, said Mr. Kendricks (see separate story). Those three areas the Riverside, Bay Street, and Robert Gray neighborhoods are close to the water, and contain an estimated 757 households where failed or aging septic systems, or contaminated groundwater, most abound. As for a timeline, we anticipate going out to bid next winter if all goes according to plan, with shovels in the ground in the late spring or early summer of 2015, and completion about one year from then, Mr. Kendricks said. After that, he said, were going to need revenue, so the hooking up will take place as quickly as possible. In addition to the three priority areas, another five areas (for a total of eight) in town are on the list for sewering, Mr. Kendricks said. Eventually, about 4,000 households in town are expected to be connected to the system. Despite the enormity of the task, we plan a pretty low budget operation, about four to six employees, Mr. Kendricks told the council last January. Where all the money will come from is not yet entirely clear, but the TWD has the power under the new law to assess fees for the use of its sewers, to issue bonds, to borrow, to seek and accept grants, and to tax. As for the taxing power the new district has under the law, right now we do not plan to assess a tax, its not in our plan,said Mr. Kendricks. The TWD is the only municipal sewer district of its kind in the state. It is not a part of state government nor of the municipality of Tiverton. The pressure to sewer The Rhode Island Cesspool Act of 2007 requires all properties in town within 200 feet of the shoreline to replace all cesspools by January 2014. Regulations adopted by the state in 2008 require that homes have installed septic systems that meet state standards. You cant sell a home unless youre in compliance, says Mr. Kendricks. There really isnt a choice of doing nothing, he says. Youre either going to tie in to the sewer system, or fix or install a state-approved septic system. There are other imperatives driving the need to sewer. Two outfalls along the north Tiverton shoreline one near the base of Kearns Avenue in the so-called Robert Gray outfall area, and the other at the base of Summerfield Lane have been found to be contaminated with fecal bacteria commonly associated with failed septic systems. Sewer costs compared with septic costs Estimated costs for individual septic systems, compared with monthly costs for sewers over a 40 year period, for each homeowner in the three priority areas, were reported by a study done last year for the update to the towns Wastewater Facilities Plan. The results: Riverside: Septics: average $25,000 to $60,000, with average monthly costs for first 10 years in excess of $210 to over $500. Sewers: project costs $16,500 for each homeowner, with average monthly cost $125. Bay Street: Septics: average $25,000 to $30,000, with average monthly costs for first 10 years in excess of $270. Sewers: project costs $11,000 for each homeowner, with average monthly cost $105. Robert Gray area: Septics: average $15,000, with average monthly cost for first 10 years in excess of $151. Sewers: project costs $14,000 for each homeowner, with average monthly cost $115.

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OHIOVILLE -- Ohioville has received a plan that details possible hook-up and rate fees for hundreds of homes needing to switch from private septic tanks to a sewer system.

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Property owners on Bembury Drive and nearby streets complained to Naples City Council that footing a $24,376 bill to connect to city sewer lines is too much for owners of only 53 homes to handle.

Despite pleas for a reduction, council on Wednesday voted to adopt the estimates and create a special assessment area on Bembury Drive, 13th and 14th Avenue North and 15th Street North to connect to the city sanitary sewer system. Bembury Drive property owners, who use well water, also must pay $2,011 to hook up to city water.

The vote was 5-1, with Councilwoman Teresa Heitmann opposing and Councilman Sam Saad absent. Council also voted 6-0 to issue up to $2 million in bonds to finance the work.

The small ranches tucked behind the post office on Goodlette-Frank Road are among 1,400 properties outside city limits targeted for a sanitary sewer and water system expansion. About 40 percent of Naples utility customers live in unincorporated Collier County. Many concede its needed, but the estimated cost prompted an outcry years ago, when it would have been $5,000, and it was delayed.

I dont know how Im going to be able to maintain the cost, even if its spread out over a 20-year period, homeowner Dean Rich told council. This is not an affluent neighborhood. . Its an encumbrance to ask property owners to personally finance the cost.

Homeowner Michael Heiderman said they arent in favor due to the hefty bill, which would be $37,000 with interest if homeowners chose to pay it over a 20-year period.

Were being asked to bear exorbitant costs, he said, adding the city will still receive a 25 percent premium from payments after theyre gone.

Homeowner Ian Bartoszek pleaded with council to reduce payments to less than $20,000, adding, Thats much more palatable.

But City Manager Bill Moss said Naples tried applying for grants to help offset some of the costs. He suggested costs could be less, but they wont know until work begins in the fall.

Naples is contributing $250,000 and is only charging an impact fee and costs to install meters. City officials point out that Bembury residents also arent being assessed $65,000 for water lines. Officials may help by seeking bids for a contractor to remove septic tanks and extend pipes. Otherwise, homeowners must find contractors for an expected $2,000 job.

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City leaders in Cape Coral are planning the next phase of a controversial utilities expansion project.

Water and sewer line work is well underway in areas referred to as "southwest six and seven" located in southwest Cape Coral.

The next phase of this massive project is now being discussed by city leaders, who on Wednesday held a special meeting on the topic.

Construction began in December on the $100 million project that residents in Cape Coral have been hearing about for years.

Workers have dug up a section of southwest Cape Coral to install new water and sewer lines and replace septic tanks and wells.

The utilities expansion project came after countless hours of discussions at heated council meetings.

Residents argued they were being forced to pay for something they didn't want - up to $20,000 each.

City council heard those citizen complaints, but still felt the expansion was the right move for Cape Coral as a whole.

"Our job as council members are to look at not only what's going on with them and obviously it's in all of our hearts, but our bigger job is the city," said Rana Erbrick, Cape Coral City Council member.

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Residents at Green Lake could soon be getting the sewers they've been demanding for 36 years, and at a reduced cost.

Nanaimo city council voted Monday to cover the entire $3.2-million cost of installing sewer services on public land instead of a proposed 80/20 split that would have required Green Lake's 107 property owners to fork over an additional $640,000.

Katherine Miller, a Green Lake resident who has lobbied council to install the sewers on the public's dime, said the decision is like a breath of fresh air.

"It's what we've wanted all along," said Miller. "It's the responsibility of the city to provide the sewers down the public roads."

Green Lake was amalgamated into the city in 1975 and residents have waited to be hooked up to sanitary sewer services ever since.

Still, landowners will have to pay an $1,800 connection fee, for which council has provided a 12-month grace period once the sewers are installed, as well as for the work which includes pumps, pipes and holding tanks to be installed on their properties.

Tom Hickey, general manager of community services, said the average cost for property owners to have connections completed will be about $7,500.

"Some properties will be significantly more challenging, like blasting rock for example, so they will be more expensive, and some will be less," said Hickey.

Without the city covering the cost of the main line, Miller estimates her costs would have soared to more than $15,000, instead of what she estimates will be half that.

"Once [the sewers] come it means a lot of us with larger properties will be able to subdivide a smaller piece off and stay there, which is my intention. Once I retire, I wouldn't have been able to afford to live on my two-acre lot, but now I can," said Miller. "I can afford the cost over a period of time."

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CROSSVILLE Crossville City Council approved first reading of a change in the edition of the International Building Code that will start being used in the the city this fall, an action that may affect the city's contract to provide building inspection services for the county government.

The city has been using the 2006 International Building Code and, according to Crossville building inspector Jeff Kerley, a new version of the code is about to be released dated 2015. State law requires the city to use a code within seven years of its adoption. There are two possible codes the city could have chosen, 2009 and 2012.

During the council's earlier work session, codes administrator Kerley said the 2012 and 2015 codes have very stringent energy efficiency requirements that could add some $3,000 to $5,000 to the cost of a residential house. Kerley explained many cities, as well as the state, are all trying to determine the best way to move forward.

During the work session, Kerley proposed the 2012 code and council members asked about using the 2009 code. Kerley responded that if the 2009 was adopted, the city would have to change again in two years to the 2012 codes.

Currently, the city is preforming building inspections for the county under an agreement City Manager David Rutherford said has gone to a month to month arrangement, as the contract was signed more than a year ago and the initial term has expired. The change to a more advanced code will increase the cost of a building permit and the county will need to raise their rates or make other arrangements for the building inspection service to be provided.

The change requires three readings of an ordinance and the city plans to put the change in place either September or October this year.

When asked for comments, Councilman Pete Souza said, I think it is mandated and we have to do it.

A motion by Mayor pro-tem Danny Wyatt was supported by Souza. All four members of the council present voted in favor of the motion. Crossville Mayor J.H. Graham III was not present for the meeting.

The council approved extending city sewer to Homestead Methodist Church at the request of the church. While the church property is located outside of the city limits, the city has provided sewer service to churches and schools that our outside the city limits.

The cost of installing the line is estimated at $9,500 according to city engineer Tim Begley and the church will pay $1,200 in materials toward the project.

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This version corrects an earlier version that said the park district had already spent $14,000 on engineering expenses related to the project. The school district has paid that amount for those expenses.

The Vashon Pool is slated to open next month, but the islands school and park districts are disagreeing about who is financially responsible to remedy the drainage problem there, a situation that could lead to litigation and the pool not opening this season.

We want the pool to open, no question, said school board member Laura Wishik after a special board meeting Monday. But it has to be in a way that does not bind the school district to further costs at the pool.

The school district owns the pool, but the Vashon Park District operates it. This arrangement began four years ago, when King County ceased running the pool as a cost-saving move, and the park district took it on.

In previous years, the pools water drained to the school districts septic system. However, the construction of the new high school changed that, and officials at both districts learned earlier this spring that the pools drainage had been unknowingly cut off last fall during the building process.

Since the discovery of the problem, the school districts Capital Projects Manager Eric Gill has been working with a variety of regulatory agencies to come up with a solution.

Last week, the Department of Ecology (DOE) approved a plan: a pipe that would go between the pool area and an existing drainage pond to the west of the facility. But such a fix is unusual, and the DOE will require considerable monitoring and testing to ensure no effluent travels as far as the wetlands on the districts property near Vashon Youth & Family Services, school district Superintendent Michael Soltman said.

The park district will need to be extremely careful and cooperative in managing the pool to the conditions of this solution, he added.

If discharging the water is managed well, the solution will work, he said, but if potentially harmful waste is detected in the wetlands, additional measures will be needed for the pool to continue to operate. Those measures, Soltman said, include a surge tank, which would meter out the pools waste water, and if problems persist, the installation of an infiltration trench. The engineering firm working with school district estimates those two measures would cost as much as $57,000.

In Mondays school board meeting to discuss the potential solution, the board authorized Soltman to negotiate with the park district to cover 50 percent of the cost of the proposed fix, estimated to be no more than $40,000. This figure includes $14,000 the school district has already spent on engineering expenses related to the project. The school board also laid out several conditions the park district must meet. It will require that the park district pay for any measures that might be needed beyond the proposed solution, that the park district be financially responsible for all the expenses related to hauling waste water from the pool a process it has been relied on to ready this pool this spring and that it adhere to DOEs conditions for the drainage fix and their associated costs. These requirements would be a included in an addendum to the pool lease the park district has with the school district before any construction would begin, school board members said.

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