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LITTLETON PROJECT

Overview
CRWA's Littleton Project is our first Smart Seweringwastewater demonstration project.
Town of Littleton, MA:
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8,714 |
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17.6 sq mi |
| Land: |
16.6 sq mi |
| Water: |
0.9 sq mi |
| County: |
Middlesex |
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Currently the town relies only on
septic systems |
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| Littleton Town Common: CRWA's Smart Sewering Project would concentrate development in the downtown area near the Common. Photo credit: Tim Pierce |
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Upon completion, CRWA's Littleton Sewer Treatment demonstration project, will provide the following
environmental benefits:
- Return treated wastewater effluent to the ground near where it was originally pumped as drinking water, restoring a natural water balance.
- Improve summertime flow in the local stream affected by drinking water withdrawal, and enhance water quality.
- Improve the local streams resilience in the event of drought.
- Allow for much greater density in two adjacent downtown commercial zoning districts which would:
- Increase property taxes for commercial properties over time
- Reduce vehicle miles traveled
- Reduce pressure to develop greenfields
- Allow for the use of wastewater as a resource to produce electric energy.
- Collect tipping fees for commercial food waste and septage in order to spike methane and generate renewable energy.
- Reduce carbon dioxide and methane emissions from rotting commercial food waste by using it to generate energy.
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Littleton downtown commercial zoning districts (within black border) which will be sewered as part of the project.
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Support
CRWA's mapping capabilities are made possible through the generous support of ESRI, Inc. the makers of ArcMap software. CRWA regularly uses ArcMap for mapping, managing data, and conducting spatial analyses.
ESRI and the ESRI Logo are licensed trademarks of Environmental Systems Research Institute, Inc. |
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Updated January 16, 2013
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