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LIVERMORE FALLS Sewer Superintendent Mark Holt told selectmen Tuesday that because of immediate corrective action the state is not expected to fine the town over raw sewage from a broken main getting into Clay Brook this month.
While checking the four pump stations July 6, Holt discovered the station in the Shuy Corner area on Route 133/Park Street was pumping sewage into the brook that runs under the road near The Lunch Pad restaurant and eventually drains into the Androscoggin River.
About 18 houses, plus PalletOne, a bakery and other businesses are on the sewer line.
A break in a sewer main pumped raw sewage into Clay Brook in Livermore Falls this month. It was quickly cleaned up and a new main installed, Superintendent Mark Holt told selectmen Tuesday.
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JAY The Select Board will hold a public hearing May 10 on sewer rates before setting the rate for 2021-22 that would go into effect July 1.
The hearing will be held at 6 p.m. at Spruce Mountain Elementary School gym. It will be followed by a regular selectpersons’ meeting. The sewer bill year runs from July 1 to June 30, 2022.
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Since then the board has worked to gradually increase the rate to cover 100% of the operation and maintenance of the Jay Sewer Department. The debt service for the department is paid through general taxation. Currently, any operation and maintenance costs not covered by sewer users is paid for through general taxation, as is debt service.