The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) mandated that Parma convert residential septic tanks to sewers, and the city recently announced the next phase of the project is coming up. Work will be done on homes on Broadview Road and Brookdale Avenue.
It's estimated that the cost for the project will be approximately $1.3 million, and the city will open the bidding process soon. Hasmukh Patel, the Assistant City Engineer for Parma, said the project is comprised of 20 parcels, each of which will have sanitary sewers and connections put in. The final amount that will be assessed for the resident to pay will be based on what the work actually costs. A lot of funding for the project has already been secured, so Patel believes the cost will be $100 per foot of frontage at the most, and probably much lower.
The conversion project began 15 years ago, when Parma found almost 1,300 residences that were still using septic systems. About 800 homes have been converted to the sewer system since them, out of a total of 32,000 homes.
The city converts about 57 homes each year, and recently finished conversions on Pleasant Valley Road and Ridgewood Drive. There are still 500 homes left that have to be converted, but they are scattered throughout the city. Officials could use brochure printing to create a mailer for residents about this work.
Construction on the current project should start in July and wind up in December.
