The board approved on Sept. 26 a $168,100 contract with Environmental Partners Group to conduct an independent review and assessment of the vacuum sewer system, where the core of the breakdown ...

PROVINCETOWN — Provincetown town officials will speed up work on the sewer vacuum system, following the sewer emergency Aug. 11-12 when the system was shut down due to equipment failure.

PROVINCETOWN — A state of emergency was declared Thursday in Provincetown for all properties in the town's vacuum sewer system, after a storm damaged equipment and the system lost pressure.

Town Manager Alex Morse said the central vacuum sewer system was restored at about 6:00 p.m. Friday night. Morse said residents can return to normal water use. Customers in the downtown area are ...

The emergency impacts properties on the vacuum sewer system - it doesn't apply to customers on the gravity system or to places with on-site septic systems. It could take up to 48 hours to fix the ...

DAVE: THE CITY HAS JUST LANDED EMERGENCY FUNDING TO UPGRADE VACUUM SEWER SYSTEMS WITH UPGRADED PARTS. AND IN THE INTERIM? >> WE’RE PUMPING DOWN THE BUFFER TANKS ASSOCIATED WITH THAT SYSTEM ...