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Rep. Hogan, fire chiefs push statewide cistern fund to shore up water supplies for fire suppression
Summary
Representative Kate Hogan and municipal fire chiefs asked the committee to support H.4112, establishing a statewide cistern program and a fire-suppression water resource fund funded by an insurance surcharge. Speakers described 30,000-gallon buried cisterns that provide drafting water independent of municipal supply and drought, and said siting,
Representative Kate Hogan and municipal fire chiefs testified in support of H.4112, which would create a statewide cistern program and establish a fire-suppression water resource fund financed in part by an insurance surcharge.
Representative Hogan said climate change and persistent drought have reduced available drafting water in many towns and that cisterns can provide a reliable, on-site supply for…
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