Wareham Sewer Board Approves $72,176 Truck, Elects New Clerk

Water · Meeting of July 9, 2026

Wareham sewer board debates multimillion-dollar backup route to protect downtown from pump station failure. The Board of Sewer Commissioners voted unanimously to spend $72,176 replacing a burned utility truck and elected Commissioner Scott Sobey as board clerk before a workshop with engineer Russ Kleekamp of Environmental Design and Research turned to a bypass concept for the Kennedy Avenue pump station. Kennedy, at elevation 15 feet, could take over for the flood-prone Narrows station, at elevation 4 feet, which serves roughly 80 percent of the town's sewer customers including Tobey Hospital and Town Hall.

Estimated cost ranges from $4 million if paired with the town's ongoing $26 million Narrows force main project to as much as $10 million alone. One commissioner said, "We see a potential huge problem ahead, and we're addressing it before it happens." No design or funding has been authorized; commissioners plan to pursue a state resiliency grant evaluation first.

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Source: the Water meeting of July 9, 2026, reported from the official video recording and transcript.