Portsmouth MOA with DEM on Wastewater Management Described on PTW

Town Planner Gary Crosby was out guest on Friday’s edition of Portsmouth this Week, discussing the new Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) between the Town of Portsmouth and Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management (RIDEM). The agreement puts the RIDEM Clean Water Act Notice of Violation for Island Park and Portsmouth Park on hold and allows the Town to go forward with the development of a Wastewater Management Plan based on individual wastewater septic systems, rather than a central sewer system. The plan will require all residences in Portsmouth to have their wastewater systems tested and these inspections will be overseen by a new Wastewater Manager to be appointed in the coming year. Further information on this plan is available on the Town Website www.portsmouthri.com

or by calling the Town Planner’s office at 643-0332. Watch this program for further details.

The Nov 7 Edition of Portsmouth This Week – Town Planner – Wastewater MOA Discussion - is available at: http://youtu.be/K8CvLj_VYcA

Portsmouth this Week, the “Voice of Portsmouth Town Hall” is a weekly public TV program sponsored by Town Administrator John Klimm to provide a forum for issues of concern to the Portsmouth Community. These programs are aired on Cox Channel 18 at various times and are posted on Youtube for viewing anytime. Links to past editions can be accessed from the Town’s website.

|jkcrl: