Renovation of a water / sewer project in Framingham, Massachusetts. Conceptual plans call for the renovation of a water / sewer project.

The Weld Street sewer pump station is ranked as the Citys third most in-need pump station. This appropriation would provide funding for the design to replace the existing Weld Street sewer pump station and associated force main with a new pump station and force main. The Weld Street pump station was built in 1996, and is in poor condition due to the heavy demand placed on this station. To date the sewer department has already made numerous repairs to the mechanical components of this station including repairs to pumps, valves, check valves, and chemical feed system for grease control is on order. The Weld Street pump station collects wastewater from a service area that has relatively flat topography, which means the gravity sewers that feed the Weld Street pump station have insufficient pitch to keep sewage moving fast enough to prevent grease from building up. Grease consistently builds up in the wet well of the Weld Street pump station and requires at least four times the number of maintenance visits per month as other comparable stations. The significant grease buildup at the Weld Street pump station has led to sewage back-ups in the collection system, and sewer system overflow (SSO) onto private property. The Weld Street pump station serves a 323 residential units and 12 industrial/commercial properties in an underserved community in Framingham. The station is in poor condition and is critically undersized for the population it serves. The Weld Street pump station is unable to keep up with dry-day peak flows, and surcharging within the wet well occurs daily. A new pump station on Weld Street would include a grease treatment system like that which has already been ordered for the existing station during FY23 and will be installed in FY24 as a stop-gap measure before a new station is compelted. Similar grease treatment systems have been implemented at other location in the city with success. The scope of work will include a conceptual evaluation followed by a detailed design with bid-ready documents. As of October 29, 2024, This project is included in the city's 2025-2034 Capital Improvement Program (CIP) *Project information has been obtained through a public capital improvement plan (CIP). A CIP is a financial schedule for short- and long-range projects which is updated regularly. Information listed in the CIP often evolves based on funding availability and the project details, including timeline and value, are subject to change. The content management team will continue to pursue additional details as they become available.