Water Commission approves prior minutes, hears infrastructure updates
Fitchburg's Water and Wastewater Commission approved prior minutes unanimously, hearing updates on water-main replacements and regulatory compliance. Chaired by Richard Healey, the commission learned from Nicholas Erickson, Commissioner of Public Works, that water and wastewater operations were not
Water & Wastewater Commission · Meeting of June 17, 2026
Fitchburg's Water and Wastewater Commission approved prior minutes unanimously, hearing updates on water-main replacements and regulatory compliance. Chaired by Richard Healey, the commission learned from Nicholas Erickson, Commissioner of Public Works, that water and wastewater operations were not cut despite the City Council's budget rejection. Two main-street replacement projects were underway: J.A.
Polito Contractors on Main Street and MIG Contractors on Water Street, the latter on a 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. schedule within weeks. The commission received a MassDEP sanitary survey report noting two compliance violations related to intake screen inspection and backflow testing; most discrepancies had been corrected. J.A.
Polito Contractors won the CSO 045/083 bid at approximately $3 million under the engineer's estimate.
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Source: the Water & Wastewater Commission meeting of June 17, 2026, compiled from the official minutes.
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