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Mediator recommends settlement in Westport overdue water dispute; city water board asks council to accept terms
Summary
A third‑party mediator recommended Westport pay $293,000 to Fall River to settle disputed past due bills covering 2016–2021; the Watuppa Water Board presented the mediation result to the council and discussed a new intermunicipal agreement that would add interest and penalties and require commercial meters for flushing.
The Watuppa Water Board and city utilities officials told the City Council that a mediator recommended a compromise settlement of $293,000 to resolve a dispute with the town of Westport over alleged underpayments for water sold from 2016 through 2021.
Paul Furlan, administrator of community utilities, told councilors the water board hired an independent mediator after a years‑long dispute over credits for meter flushing and other adjustments. The two sides had produced markedly different calculations: Fall River said water recorded at the town line but not credited for end‑of‑line flushing totaled roughly $607,602.65 in payments…
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