Water and Sewer Department
Bob Berardo
Shawn Hendee and Bruce Babcock
The Town’s Water Superintendent is Bruce Babcock, who, like his predecessors before him, has given decades of round-the-clock service to the Town and its residents. Bruce works to maintain the Town’s excellent water sources and assure their safety and consistent availability.
The Town’s Wastewater Treatment Operator is Bob Berardo. Together with part-time assistant Jack Shedd, he sees to the treatment of Pittsford’s sewerage and the discharge of effluent in compliance with federal and State health and safety standards. Click here to read a detailed summary of the workings of Pittsford’s wastewater treatment processes.
Shawn Hendee, hired in the summer of 2009, will be working with Bruce, Bob and Jack to serve as an additional hand for both water and wastewater treatment functions and as someone able one day in the future to assume responsibility for one or both functions.
Notice re New Water Connection Policy
At its meeting of February 23, 2010, the Pittsford/Florence Water & Sewer Commission enacted a policy with respect to billing new water customers seeking to have water service connections in conjunction with water line upgrades to be made during the construction season of 2010.
Ordinarily, new customers must pay both an application fee of $500.00 and a connection charge of at least $300.00, as determined by the Water Superintendant, depending on the degree of difficulty/complexity of such connection.
Given that the Pittsford/Florence water system is being upgraded during the construction season of 2010, the decision has been taken to encourage new customers to hook-up while shovels are already in the ground. Therefore, for each new customer requesting a service connection during the 2010 upgrade work (estimated to last from mid-April to late-July, 2010), the $300.00 connection charge is being waived.
New customers would then pay the $500.00 application fee when they wish for water service (up to a 2 inch line) to begin, which sum would cover the application, the cost and installation of a water meter and inclusion of the account on the Town’s system.
New customers wishing only a curb stop but not wishing immediate water service will have to sign a document pledging to make an annual bond payment of $172.00 for the 40-year duration of the bond repayment or risk the placing of a creditor’s lien on their real property. Once water service is begun for these customers, they will be billed like all other customers.
Consumer Confidence Report for Pittsford Water VT0005225
Consumer Confidence Report for Pittsford Florence Water VT0005226
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