Nobody's mentioned
the moratorium on developers not being allowed to hook up to the Wolfeboro sewer system.
Here's what can happen:
Three weeks ago, I bought an oceanfront single family residence. Though distant from Lake Winnipesaukee, here too is a building moratorium—but with some major differences. When purchasing, I was fully aware of the primary problem surrounding these few thousand homes: it is the sewage that leaches out to taint wells, canals, the air, but especially,
the ocean.
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Originally Posted by LIforrelaxin
"...In short the people of Wolfeboro have a problem and the don't want to deal with it, or not at least not to the tune of a 2.5 million dollar bond. Having a Sewer system and waste water treatment facility is not cheap for a town..."
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It's not just Wolfeboro:
1) Where I am located now, local and Federal governments are mandating "
3-to-1 mitigation": if you want to develop 10 acres, you must buy 30 undeveloped acres nearby. That land becomes a conservation area. In my immediate area, it's a "
2-to-1 mitigation". (Both short-circuit the sprawl that has produced the effluent). Other mitigation efforts can include conversion of one's home to solar energy.
2) Moreover, within 130 miles of here, if you buy a "tear-down", it must be replaced by a flood-compliant structure. Most new residences must be replaced by two-story residences.
It also must NOT be designed to house more dwellers than the original residence!
3) Presently—and as usual—local and Federal agencies can't agree on a remedy for the sewage problem.
What they have agreed upon, is that in three years residents must be prepared to connect to a pipeline to a sewage treatment plant located 30 miles away; alternatively, all homeowners must install one's own
aerobic sewage treatment device.
(Receives pumped-in air bubbles).
Due to elevation, that would mean an above-ground aerobic tank for my place. These produce noise 24/7 and are supremely ugly and large devices. A neighbor in sight—upwind—has one already that reaches upwards to his two-story roofline.
Even where they are permitted underground, what remains above ground is large, noisy, and a major odor-producer. Some of the newest designs are included within the footprint of the new home itself.
I'm
not on a freshwater lake here: this is where a raging tidal surge "flushes" the surrounding shorelines twice a day!
Clearly, as
LIforrelxin has implied, this Lakes Region problem needs to be addressed sooner than later.
IMHO.