EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (Without Figures) rev - Town of Falmouth

This recommended plan is a large capital investment in the Town’s infrastructure and will be
carefully implemented to initiate the nitrogen mitigation to meet the nitrogen TMDLs while
minimizing costs and impacts. Phase 1 and 2 will be implemented in the 20-year planning
period of this plan (2015 to 2035). Phase 3 nitrogen mitigation will be implemented in the
20 years that follow, 2035 to 2055.
The estimated costs for the recommended Phase 1 and 2 wastewater facilities are summarized
below:
PHASE 1 AND 2 COST SUMMARY FOR THE RECOMMENDED WASTEWATER FACILITIES
COMPONENT
Construction
Collection System (2)
WWTF
Recharge Facility
Total Construction
Contingency
Fiscal Legal and Engineering
CAPITAL COST (1)
($ MILLIONS)
210
51
8
270
67
67
Total Wastewater Capital Costs 400
Notes:
(1)
All costs are rounded to two significant digits and are referenced to a benchmark date of July 2009.
(2)
The costs do not include the cost of house connections from the house to the sewer in the road right-of-way.
These costs have been observed to range from $2,000 to $5,000 for the recent sewer connections at the New Silver
Beach project.
The average cost per household for both annual user charges and capital costs has not been
determined yet due to ongoing capital improvement planning (CIP) and ongoing discussions
regarding the percentage of the project that will be carried by the Town’s general fund (property
taxes) and the percentage that will be carried by property betterments. For the New
Silver Beach Wastewater Project for example, the Town utilized a 30% / 70% sharing of capital
costs between the Town property tax rate (30%) and betterment charges (70%) for properties
being sewered.
Town of Falmouth, MA ES-28
Draft Comprehensive Wastewater Management Plan and
Draft Environmental Impact Report
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