Falmouth Gets Major Financial Boost For Sewer Project

FALMOUTH, MA — Plans to install sewer lines near Great Pond got a boost Wednesday when the state awarded $41.3 million in loans for the project.

The no-interest financing will go toward the $60 million Falmouth voters authorized last year to pay for the work’s initial phase.

Phase 1 aims to improve water quality in Great Pond, which is heavily polluted by nitrogen from nearby septic systems.

Construction is due to begin in coming weeks, and when it’s done – probably by late 2027 – sewers can carry wastewater along the northeast portion of the Maravista peninsula as well as a portion of Teaticket. Sewage would then make its way to the Falmouth Wastewater Treatment Facility on Blacksmith Shop Road.

The project stems from a watershed management strategy approved at a 2023 town meeting. Phase 1 of the Great Pond Sewer Project will install lines, pump stations, pressurized piping and other infrastructure.

The town’s plans factored in the new financing, which comes from state revolving funds. The loans were approved yesterday by an administrative agency, the Massachusetts Clean Water Trust, according to a news release.

A second phase of the project will include sewering the Acapesket peninsula, Falmouth officials have said.