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tis · 11-15-2007, 09:13 AM

Sorry, Mink, I do know better. I type so fast that I sometimes do things like that. And a change like that can change the interpretaion of the post by others.

Yes, LIF, it was expansion of the existing fields. It was approximately 100 acres, much of which would not be usable for such an intense use of the area. The state toured it a couple of days before the vote and the selectmen had an informal report so knew then, but wanted to go ahead and try for the vote anyway. And the town's appraisal was $247,000 for the land and the owner's appraisal was $2mil. Quite a difference. So the owner would have appealed to the state land appeals board and certainly would have gotten more than the 247. How much, who knows. But it was certainly an unknown. ANd I think most townspeople knew that.

The selectmen hired an engineering firm, Woodard and Curan to come up with the new plan. Problem was, W&C were actually the company running the current system. Talk about the hen and the henhouse. So anyway, that was the proposal given to the selectmen and they took it- seemed easiest and quickest solution, but not the best.

So the second time they hired an impartial engineering firm who actually came up with more than one idea. They feel that the rapid infiltration is the cleanest and best. Problem is, noone wants sewer. I think what they are doing now, is a lot cleaner. At least the water sits in the ground for filtering. As Acres said, the current system, is just running off into Hershey Brook and into Mirror Lake and into Back BAy in Wolfeboro. I feel much better about having it underground for a period of time. To me, it is lot like our private systems. The effluent sits in our leach beds but eventually of course leaches out.

Wolfeboro doesn't have a brook, if a town has a running brook you are allowed to dump into that. Acres Per mentioned Franklin, but the state says there are days when Frankin is too full too. At first the selectmen said Franklin would be too expensive- around $20,000 according to them- but it seems by the time this is done, it will be around that.

FLL mentioned WV. That is a lot further north than Wolfeboro for the snow concept as was the area in Maine that the two women selectmen inspected and then returned and tried to bulldog it to the town.

11-15-2007, 09:13 AM	#3
tis Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 6,947 Thanks: 795 Thanked 1,493 Times in 1,040 Posts	Sorry, Mink, I do know better. I type so fast that I sometimes do things like that. And a change like that can change the interpretaion of the post by others. Yes, LIF, it was expansion of the existing fields. It was approximately 100 acres, much of which would not be usable for such an intense use of the area. The state toured it a couple of days before the vote and the selectmen had an informal report so knew then, but wanted to go ahead and try for the vote anyway. And the town's appraisal was $247,000 for the land and the owner's appraisal was $2mil. Quite a difference. So the owner would have appealed to the state land appeals board and certainly would have gotten more than the 247. How much, who knows. But it was certainly an unknown. ANd I think most townspeople knew that. The selectmen hired an engineering firm, Woodard and Curan to come up with the new plan. Problem was, W&C were actually the company running the current system. Talk about the hen and the henhouse. So anyway, that was the proposal given to the selectmen and they took it- seemed easiest and quickest solution, but not the best. So the second time they hired an impartial engineering firm who actually came up with more than one idea. They feel that the rapid infiltration is the cleanest and best. Problem is, noone wants sewer. I think what they are doing now, is a lot cleaner. At least the water sits in the ground for filtering. As Acres said, the current system, is just running off into Hershey Brook and into Mirror Lake and into Back BAy in Wolfeboro. I feel much better about having it underground for a period of time. To me, it is lot like our private systems. The effluent sits in our leach beds but eventually of course leaches out. Wolfeboro doesn't have a brook, if a town has a running brook you are allowed to dump into that. Acres Per mentioned Franklin, but the state says there are days when Frankin is too full too. At first the selectmen said Franklin would be too expensive- around $20,000 according to them- but it seems by the time this is done, it will be around that. FLL mentioned WV. That is a lot further north than Wolfeboro for the snow concept as was the area in Maine that the two women selectmen inspected and then returned and tried to bulldog it to the town.