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Finance committee backs intermunicipal wastewater agreement with Easton; Easton to pay about $900,000 mitigation fee
Summary
The committee recommended favorably an intermunicipal agreement to accept wastewater flow from a defined area in Easton—s Eastern Industrial Park; Easton would pay a one-time mitigation fee of roughly $900,000 and pay ongoing share-based treatment costs.
The Brockton Finance Committee on Feb. 3 recommended favorably an intermunicipal agreement (IMA) allowing a defined area in Easton—s Eastern Industrial Park to send wastewater to Brockton for treatment.
Mayor Robert F. Sullivan urged support, saying the deal would bring “about 900,000, a little under a million dollars” to Brockton while covering a limited area in Easton. DPW Commissioner Patrick Hill described the offsetting engineering rationale: the mitigation model charges a fee tied to a 4-to-1 removal ratio of inflow and infiltration. Commissioner…
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