The Brookfield Water Pollution Control Authority has hosted a community update meeting on a proposed sewer project.  The meeting was widely attended by residents concerned with the health of the lake and the cost of the project.  Studies have been done in the last decade about the Dean and Pocono Roads area.  Members of the WPCA spoke about the proposed scope of work, and had an ecologist from the Candlewood Lake Authority discuss the conditions of the water.  Studies have shown that septic systems in the Candlewood Lake drainage area contribute to elevated phosphorus levels, causing potentially dangerous algae blooms. The study area included 801 properties in the Candlewood Shores, Arrowhead Point, Hickory Hills and Candlewood Orchards neighborhoods, as well as 708 high- and low-density properties along Candlewood Lake Road.  If grants are not approved for the sewer project, assessments would be paid by property owners upon sewer connection at a cost of about 8.1 percent of the property's grand list value.  It would be payable over 20 years with a long-term bond loan provided by the town of Brookfield.