The Water Department will be flushing water mains in areas of the distribution system. The cleaning program will begin at 7:15 a.m. each day and continue till 3:00 p.m.
The Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (DEEP), under the authority of Section 22a-430-3(a) of the General Statutes, requires all municipalities to administer a permit program for certain food service establishments for the purposes of minimizing the amounts of fats, oils and grease that discharge to a public sanitary sewer system. All Class III or Class IV food service establishments are now required to obtain a FOG permit from the Town of Manchester and to comply with the established permit(PDF, 1MB) . Guidance documents and permit applications are available here(PDF, 392KB) . Contact the Town's FOG pretreatment coordinator at (860) 647-3117 with any questions pertaining to this program.