Whitman Conservation Commission Approves Stetson Terrace Sewer and Pump Station Replacement

WHITMAN -- March 17, 2026, Whitman Conservation Commission unanimously approved a sewer and pump station replacement at Stetson Terrace, a 40-unit complex where the aging system has repeatedly burned out pumps from groundwater infiltration. The project, filed under DEP number 340-0495, calls for a new watertight pump chamber to be sited just outside the 100-foot wetland buffer, along with replacement of sewer mains, bituminous walkways, and installation of an emergency generator and propane tank; total construction is estimated at 120 to 150 days. The commission required the project engineer to add a dewatering plan to the drawings before construction begins and mandated that erosion controls be inspected prior to any ground disturbance. Members also reported that a draft conservation bylaw is believed to have been unanimously accepted by the town's Bylaws Study Committee on March 11, with two public hearings now being scheduled for April, one at Town Hall on April 7 and a second tentatively at the Whitman Police Department community room on April 25, ahead of the spring town warrant deadline. A 50-percent reimbursement grant application for inspection of the Hobart Pond dams, last examined in 2017, was described as due Thursday, March 19, through a firm called Verdantis.