Sewer Frequently Asked Questions

Pool fills can be covered by using the auxiliary meter mentioned above or by calling the Sewer Utility office prior to filling the pool with the following:

• Name and address of residence
• Size of your pool and how many gallons it holds
• Date of fill and how much you are planning to fill (total fill/halfway etc)

We will be using your pool permit information and/or send someone out to verify the size of the pool. We will keep this information on file so that future fills can be covered with just a phone call to Sewer Utility.

Please remember that this credit will apply to sewer flow charges only. You will be billed for all of the water used to fill the pool by the Water Utility.

Because we follow the information shown on the deed, we are unable to put a sewer bill in a tenant or any other name except the owners. This is because a lien could be placed on the property for unpaid sewer and we are required to notify the owner of the property as part of the lien process.

Please call us at (603) 886-6029 to notify us if you are moving in or out, so that a final bill can be provided to the owner or to the real estate closing company.

Please contact Assessing at (603) 886-6009 to make a mailing address change.

Your property has to be in the sewer district to connect to sewer (map located in the Engineering Department and the Sewer Utility office). It also must have sewer access. Please call the Sewer Utility office (886-6029), the Engineering office (886-6008) or the Highway Department (886-6018) for more information.

Most sewer back ups are caused within the pipes on the property and it is the homeowner's responsibility to take care of. Please call a plumber.

Sometimes the back up is in the lines on the street and that is the Town's responsibility. Please call the Highway Department at (603) 886-6018. They may need to view the lines from the street to see if there is a problem.

The Sewer Utility Committee and Board of Selectmen will create a "Sewer Betterment District" to reimburse monies to Sewer Utility for sewer work done in a specific neighborhood that is to be paid for by the property owners of that neighborhood that directly benefit from it. This would typically be for installation of a new sewer line and/or a sewage pump station.

A betterment assessment is usually billed annually to each affected property owner for a defined number of years and carries a "Notice of Assessment" that is recorded at the Registry of Deeds. A betterment assessment can be paid off early.

Unpaid bills can cause a betterment lien to be placed on the property each year.
Betterment bills are separate from your quarterly sewer bills for usage.

The Industrial Pretreatment Program is required by the USEPA and is as defined in the Town of Hudson Sewer Use Ordinance.

It is administered as a separate program by a consultant to the Town (presently Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.)

All industries within the Town of Hudson which are connected to the public sewer and which engage in manufacturing or certain commercial activities are required to participate in the Industrial Pretreatment Program regardless of whether or not the industry processes wastewater to the public sewer.

Each industry and commercial enterprise, when requesting a Sewer Permit, must fill out and submit an Industrial Discharge Agreement (IDA) application at the same time they are processing their application for a sewer permit. Please call the Engineering Department at 886-6008 for more information.

Invoices received by the Town of Hudson from the consultant (Fuss & O'Neill, Inc.) and the chemical analyst (Chemserve) for managing this program are then billed by the Sewer Utility to the industry or commercial enterprise for services rendered. These may include administration, annual reports, inspections, chemical testing etc.