Town officials are moving forward with a $16.7 million plan to protect the sewage treatment plant from powerful storms and rising sea levels by building a floodwall around the riverside facility. The town council voted unanimously this week to issue bonds and appropriate funds to pay for the construction project, which is now expected to start as soon as May and take about two years to complete. The treatment plant, which has the capacity to process up to 11.5 million gallons of sewage a day, sits in a flood zone on the banks of the Housatonic River, making it especially vulnerable to rising sea levels. At a Water Pollution Control Authority meeting last month, David Barstow of GZA GeoEnvironmental, Inc., an engineering firm hired to help lead the project, said the floodwall would be 18 feet high at its tallest point. Barstow said he hopes to get authorization to move forward with the project from the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection by March and start construction in May. He noted the work is expected to take two years to complete.
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