CWC money benefits 2 wastewater projects

The Catskill Watershed Corp. Board of Directors has approved funding for the development of wastewater-handling systems in Shandaken and in the hamlet of Halcottsville in the Delaware County town of Middletown.

A block grant of $6.8 million was approved to develop a multipronged solution for 60 properties in Shandaken. Some sites will be included in a septic maintenance district, while other properties will get improved on-site septic systems. Still other sites will retain solids in septic tanks with liquid effluent sent to remote leach fields.

A block grant of almost $9 million was approved for Halcottsville, where a large-diameter collection system with pump station is envisioned to handle the waste from 53 properties.

The board authorized Lamont Engineers, which coordinates projects under the Community Wastewater Management Program, to proceed to the preconstruction phase.