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Wausau utility reports meter replacements, hiring changes and statewide wastewater award
Summary
Staff told the commission they have replaced 8,203 water meters to date (about half the system), are training newly hired staff to fill vacancies, and that the wastewater facility won a 2024 facility-of-the-year award from the state DNR.
Utility staff updated the Wausau Waterworks Commission on April 8 about ongoing meter replacements, workforce changes and an award for the wastewater facility.
Scott, utility staff, reported that the utility has replaced 8,203 meters and has roughly 7,700 remaining—“so, we're at around 50%,” he said. Staff explained many mechanical meters fail at low-flow rates and that failures are concentrated in…
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