Water Projects
The Littleton Water Department is committed to delivering clean, reliable water to our customers. That requires maintaining three well sites, three water tanks, two water treatment plants, and more than 100 miles of water main. We regularly invest in the infrastructure through regular maintenance and new capital projects.
Boxborough Water Main Extension
This project brings public water to about 1,100 residents living along the western edge of Boxborough, where drinking water wells are contaminated with PFAS and road salt. The approximately $10 million to extend the water main to Boxborough will be paid for by the new Boxborough customers who benefit from the project.
The water main from the Whitcomb Avenue Water Treatment Plant to Boxborough is completed.
Final paving of portions of Whitcomb Avenue at the Harvard town line has been completed, along with paving on Littleton County Road, Harvard, and Beaver Brook, Codman Hill, and Swanson Roads in Boxborough.
Trumbull Well Development
This project involves development of a new water source, the Trumbull Well, on Taylor Street and construction of a pump house.
This project is estimated at about $9 million in total.
The Trumbull Well will supply about a quarter-million gallons of water per day, of which less than 25 percent will be needed to meet the demand of the Boxborough customers and 75+ percent of the water will go toward Littleton’s needs.
The cost of developing the well is being split, with 24.5 percent (or about $2 million) to be paid for by Boxborough ratepayers through a betterment charge. The balance of about $6.9 million is to be paid for by all ratepayers, through regular rates and debt service, as it benefits the entire system.
Because this well is being developed to address PFAS contamination, the project qualified for a no-interest state loan. This reduces the project costs to all ratepayers.