In January 2018, the Brookfield WPCA received correspondence from the Town Sanitarian and the Director of Health regarding their recommendations to take the necessary steps to provide sanitary sewers to the Candlewood Shores peninsula including Candlewood Shores Tax District, Arrowhead Point, Hickory Hills, and Candlewood Orchards, citing restrictive lot sizes, undersized septic systems, and nutrients from septic drain fields feeding algae blooms in the lake. In December 2018 Lombardo & Associates was hired by the WPCA to conduct a study of the wastewater management issues/needs in the areas of concern.  Note: the Brookfield WPCA was awarded a 55% grant from CT DEEP to conduct this study. In December of 2021 CDM Smith was hired by the WPCA to develop proposed engineering plans to install sewers in the Candlewood Lake Area (as well as the Dean/Pocono Road area), in connection with this study, to consider feasible options. In September 2022, a Public Informational Hearing was held to inform the public of the study’s progress and received questions and feedback.  More recently, an additional public hearing was held on November 13, 2023 to have the study conducted by CDM Smith presented to the community and to discuss potential actions, as well as receive comments from the public.   

To conclude the Sanitary Sewer Extension Study the WPCA conducted a survey to gauge public interest in potential sanitary sewer extension projects to any of these neighborhoods. Please click the button below to see the survey results.