Doylestown Twp. supervisors consider sewers

The Doylestown Township public water and sewer advisory committee has recommended that the township install a public sewer system to serve the 250 homes in the Pebble Ridge neighborhood. So have staff from the Bucks County Health Department.

Doylestown Township staff the township manager, assistant manager and director of operations added their names to the list of people recommending sewers on Wednesday.

And to many residents who attended a special township meeting on Wednesday, it sounded like the supervisors plan to follow those recommendations.

The supervisors did not vote on the issue Tuesday; they dont expect to vote on it for several months.

But Supervisor Chairwoman Barbara Lyons told one resident, You should plan on sewers.

Assistant Township Manager Sandra Zadell said studies have shown high levels of human fecal bacteria in the stormwater basins and creeks in the Pebble Ridge community several times over the past 14 years. She said that can come from only one place failing septic systems.

Engineers determined through visual surveys in 2008 that 15 septic systems were malfunctioning and 35 others could be malfunctioning.

We have to put our big girl pants on and do whats best for the community because thats our job, Lyons told a resident who questioned her.

Supervisor Ryan Manion said the state Department of Environmental Protection could intervene and force the township to install sewers if it doesnt take action.

Our hands are a little bit tied, Manion said.

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Doylestown Twp. supervisors consider sewers