Litchfield Country Club seeks sewer-line reroute to make way for new maintenance shed
July 09, 2026 | Litchfield, Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut
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Chairman Chris Levesque presided as Litchfield Country Club representatives presented a plan July 9 to relocate a segment of the town sewer system so the club can build a new maintenance shed.
Chip Warback, identified as the club's president of grounds and a member of its building committee, told the Water Pollution Control Authority the club's existing maintenance shed is “undersized” and “unsafe,” citing fire and OSHA concerns, and that a sanitary sewer line runs through the shed footprint. Using site maps, plant superintendent Ted Donoghue and the club's representatives described the existing alignment and a proposed reroute that would intercept the line at the south end of the paddle tennis courts and route it southwest to tie into the downstream line.
The commissioners discussed technical and legal requirements the project must meet if it moves forward, including pipe sizing and depth, minimum easement setbacks, an as-built survey, inspection during construction, a one-year maintenance period and coordination with the Authority's Developer Permit Agreement (DPA) process. Club representatives said they are working with Borghese Engineering, expect survey support from All Seasons or a similar firm, and intend to fund all Authority costs including engineering and inspection.
No formal action was requested or taken at the meeting. Chairman Levesque summarized that the Authority's next step is to receive a formal DPA application and for Plant Superintendent Ted Donoghue to proceed with design review through the Authority's standard process.
The WPCA did not set design conditions or cost estimates at the meeting; Donoghue told commissioners inspection and review costs will depend on final engineering scope.
Chip Warback, identified as the club's president of grounds and a member of its building committee, told the Water Pollution Control Authority the club's existing maintenance shed is “undersized” and “unsafe,” citing fire and OSHA concerns, and that a sanitary sewer line runs through the shed footprint. Using site maps, plant superintendent Ted Donoghue and the club's representatives described the existing alignment and a proposed reroute that would intercept the line at the south end of the paddle tennis courts and route it southwest to tie into the downstream line.
The commissioners discussed technical and legal requirements the project must meet if it moves forward, including pipe sizing and depth, minimum easement setbacks, an as-built survey, inspection during construction, a one-year maintenance period and coordination with the Authority's Developer Permit Agreement (DPA) process. Club representatives said they are working with Borghese Engineering, expect survey support from All Seasons or a similar firm, and intend to fund all Authority costs including engineering and inspection.
No formal action was requested or taken at the meeting. Chairman Levesque summarized that the Authority's next step is to receive a formal DPA application and for Plant Superintendent Ted Donoghue to proceed with design review through the Authority's standard process.
The WPCA did not set design conditions or cost estimates at the meeting; Donoghue told commissioners inspection and review costs will depend on final engineering scope.
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