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Orleans Announces Sewer Grant Program
Property owners in Orleans can apply for grant funding through the town to help offset the cost of connecting to town sewer. PHOTO COURTESY TOWN OF ORLEANS
ORLEANS – As sewer construction progresses, town officials are working to help people cover the cost of planning and making their connections.
The town’s new sewer grant construction program offers qualifying residents financial assistance in preparing their hook up to town sewer. The grants offer property owners as much as $7,500 that can be used toward the cost of hiring an engineer to design the connection, construction costs or the cost of abandoning their existing Title 5 septic systems.
Grant applications were available through the health and human services department beginning Monday.
“This program represents an important step in supporting Orleans residents as we continue the roll out of our critical sewer project,” Alexandra Fitch, Orleans’ director of health and human services, said in a statement. “We are committed to easing the financial burden on property owners and ensuring a successful transition to the town sewer system.”
To qualify, property owners must be under order to connect to town sewer, own and occupy their property as their year-round primary residence and be pre-approved for a zero percent interest loan through the Cape Cod AquiFund program.
Approximately 60 percent of Orleans will be connected to town sewer across 16 phases of work that will be ongoing through 2067. About 1,100 property owners downtown first received notices in March 2023 about their need to connect to sewer, with effluent being treated at the town’s new wastewater treatment facility on Overland Way. Construction is well underway on the second phase of sewering in the area of Meetinghouse Pond, which will be followed by the third phase of sewer construction in the areas of Pilgrim Lake, Crystal Lake, Arey’s Pond and Lonnie’s Pond.
Applications are available online on the health department landing page on the town website. For questions about the grant program and other funding resources, contact John Nelson at the Orleans health department at 508-240-3700 ext. 2319.
Email Ryan Bray at ryan@capecodchronicle.com
The town’s new sewer grant construction program offers qualifying residents financial assistance in preparing their hook up to town sewer. The grants offer property owners as much as $7,500 that can be used toward the cost of hiring an engineer to design the connection, construction costs or the cost of abandoning their existing Title 5 septic systems.
Grant applications were available through the health and human services department beginning Monday.
“This program represents an important step in supporting Orleans residents as we continue the roll out of our critical sewer project,” Alexandra Fitch, Orleans’ director of health and human services, said in a statement. “We are committed to easing the financial burden on property owners and ensuring a successful transition to the town sewer system.”
To qualify, property owners must be under order to connect to town sewer, own and occupy their property as their year-round primary residence and be pre-approved for a zero percent interest loan through the Cape Cod AquiFund program.
Approximately 60 percent of Orleans will be connected to town sewer across 16 phases of work that will be ongoing through 2067. About 1,100 property owners downtown first received notices in March 2023 about their need to connect to sewer, with effluent being treated at the town’s new wastewater treatment facility on Overland Way. Construction is well underway on the second phase of sewering in the area of Meetinghouse Pond, which will be followed by the third phase of sewer construction in the areas of Pilgrim Lake, Crystal Lake, Arey’s Pond and Lonnie’s Pond.
Applications are available online on the health department landing page on the town website. For questions about the grant program and other funding resources, contact John Nelson at the Orleans health department at 508-240-3700 ext. 2319.
Email Ryan Bray at ryan@capecodchronicle.com
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