Wayland wastewater board moves toward fines against apartment complex over grease

WAYLAND -- April 14, 2025, Wayland wastewater commission moves toward enforcement on apartment-complex grease discharge. The Wastewater Management District Commission on Monday told staff to press the apartment complex behind Whole Foods to install an external grease interceptor, rejecting the owner's proposals to instead sample beneath the grease blanket or schedule pump-station cleanings. "We just don't want this coming into the pump station at all," Wastewater Administrator Sarah Pawluczonek said. Chair Michael Gitten urged staff to require escrow before any town-funded pump-outs, which run roughly $3,200 each, and town counsel will likely be engaged before fines issue. The board also heard that a Tighe & Bond PLC upgrade failed again because of faulty Allen-Bradley installation instructions, that new headworks screens ship April 21 with Pride Environmental starting installation April 28, and that small-capital spending is projected at about $90,000 against a $105,000 budget. Members approved the March 17 minutes 2-0, with Tsung Chiang abstaining.