BEDFORD- The Spider Creek Lift Station construction is progressing rapidly. The City of Bedford Utilities project consists of replacing the original Spider Creek sewer lift station, which pumps and gravities sewage to the Waste Water Treatment Plant, with the construction of a new submersible sewer pump station with mechanical fine screen, a force main extending approximately 5,500 feet south of the pump station site and discharging to an existing gravity sewer manhole on Norton Lane, a bolted steel above ground storage tank, automatic flushing mechanism, and odor control system. The total cost of the project will be $22-25 million.
The storage tank will hold diluted sewage sanitary sewer overflows when excessive rain occurs until such time when rain subsides and the storage tank can be drained into the pump station to continue the process to the Waste Water Treatment Plant. The scheduled project completion date is October 2025. Reynolds Construction out of Orleans is the contractor for the Spider Creek pump station and storage tank project.
Mitchell & Stark Construction out of Medora is the contractor for the force main project. The piping has been completed, with some road restoration to finish in April 2025. The force main will become live in conjunction with the completion of the Spider Creek pump station and storage tank.
A related East/West sewer project diverts more Sanitary Sewer Overflow volume to Spider Creek Pump Station location to be stored and pumped to the WWTP for treatment. This project also provides for a GM sewer hook-up by force main with flow meter and flow sampler to monitor discharge. ISI out of Orleans is the contractor for the East/West sewer project. The piping is complete with sewage going to Spider Creek. GM will complete their project before they apply to hook up to the City of Bedford Utilities east/west sewer.
More details and updates will be provided as they become available.
