Public Water Utility and Sanitary Sewer Utility Extensions to Existing Developed Property Policy

Project Overview

The City of Dublin strives to provide the best quality of life and environment for its residents and the community. The water and sewer extension effort will evaluate 28 developed areas (approximately 500 residential properties) within the City of Dublin that are not currently serviced by public water and sanitary sewer services.

To help evaluate these remaining unserved water and sewer areas, the City of Dublin is partnering with Burgess & Niple (B&N), a Columbus-based engineering firm with national expertise in improving communities like Dublin with infrastructure solutions that improve quality of life, safety and sustainability. B&N’s evaluation will help the City of Dublin prepare for design and construction and inform residents about the benefits of connecting to municipal water and sewer utilities.

If you own a private well and/or septic system, this project could potentially enable you to access the publicly maintained system and avoid public health concerns.

Background

On April 25, 2022, Dublin City Council amended the Public Water Utility and Sanitary Sewer Utility Extensions to Existing Developed Property Policy, previously adopted on Dec. 7, 2015. This effort is a direct result of Dublin City Council's desire to protect the public health, safety, and welfare of the Dublin community.

The goal of this effort is to provide residential properties with reasonable access to safe drinking water and minimize the potential threat to public health and welfare that may be associated with private household sewage treatment systems. Public health concerns may arise with regard to failing septic tanks, failing aeration systems, possible water well contamination and/or poorly functioning private on‐site water and sanitary sewer systems.

This policy allows the City of Dublin to plan and extend its public water and/or sanitary sewer utility services to those developed areas not currently served by the same that are within the City of Dublin corporation limits.

Project Objectives

• Improve residential property access to safe drinking water
• Minimize the potential threat to public health and welfare that may be associated with private household sewage treatment systems
• Educate Dublin residents on the public health and cost-saving benefits of connecting to municipal water

Public Water/Sanitary Sewer Connection Benefits

• Provides a reliable water supply
• Enhances drinking and surface water
• Adheres to adhere to health and safety regulations/compliance
• Avoids possible water well contamination
• Averts septic backups and reduces foul odors
• Eliminates dampness and septic seepage
• Reduces disease and insects
• Improves the environment
• Improves public health
• Improves public safety
• Avoids higher maintenance costs of your existing well and/or sewage system
• Avoids possible health fines

Schedule

Affected properties will be notified with a mailed information packet the week of Feb. 26 or March 4, 2024, with public meetings scheduled to be held in late March 2024. The evaluation is expected to be completed in May 2024.