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Next phase of Ridgefield sewer infrastructure upgrade project starts

Preliminary work has started in Ridgefield on the next phase of the sewer infrastructure upgrade project.  Crews are doing survey work, marking the roadways and started drilling that's needed to install an underground force main pipe. 

Ridgefield is getting ready to decommission the Route 7 Pump Station and renovate the South Street Wastewater Treatment Facility.  A new Route 7 pump station will be constructed so an underground pipe is being installed to connect to the District I plant.  The renovations at the District I plant are behind schedule due to supply chain issues and labor shortages.  

Ridgefield received an extension from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection on enforcement of stricter phosphorus removal regulation.  The extension is until April 2023. 

District II plant will eventually be demolished.  Voters approved $48 million for the project in 2018, but is now projected to cost $55 million.  Ridgefield officials will use $2.9 million in American Rescue Plan funding, an approximate $1 million DEEP grant and $500,000 from the Water Pollution Control Authority to close the gap.

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