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Swampscott systems & permits
Swampscott's sewer is the best-documented infrastructure problem in this batch, and the Town says so itself: over 50% of its sewer pipelines are more than 90 years old, another 25% are over 60, and two-thirds are vitrified clay. Groundwater and stormwater entering through that pipe averaged roughly 58% of everything Swampscott sent to the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission across 2018-2020, which is why sump pump connections to the sewer are prohibited and why heavy rain can surcharge the system and back up into basements. The Town has been under a 2015 federal Consent Decree with EPA over sewage reaching its storm drains and King's Beach, and its Phase 2A project through 2025 and 2026 replaced defective pipe and relined sewers with cured-in-place lining across eighteen streets — including work on private property.
Sources: swampscottma.gov · epa.gov
Over 50% of the Town's sewer pipelines are over 90 years of age and another 25% are over 60 years old. Two-thirds (67%) of the Town's sewers are made of vitrified clay pipe.
The average three-year annual infiltration and inflow flow from 2018 through 2020 was estimated at approximately 58% of all flow sent to the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission. Drainage sump pump connections to the sewer system are prohibited, as they are a substantial source of inflow, and surcharge in the sewer has backed up into basements and into the local drainage system.
Swampscott has operated under a 2015 federal Consent Decree with the United States on behalf of EPA covering discharges from its municipal separate storm sewer system under NPDES Permit No. MAR041064, with specific obligations tied to the Stacey Brook outfall.
The Stacey's Brook Phase 2A Sewer Improvements project ran May 2025 through January 2026 and included trench excavation to replace defective sewer pipes as well as trenchless work to renew damaged sewers with cured-in-place pipe lining, across Essex Street, Essex Terrace, Hillcrest Circle, Essex Avenue, Valley Road, Columbia Street, Beach Avenue, Lombard Terrace, Duncan Terrace, Superior Street, Huron Street, Erie Street, Pine Street, Curry Circle, New Ocean Street, Humphrey Street, Banks Road and King Street. Work may be conducted on private property.
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