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Highland Park says new master meters, sewer metering could lower wholesale bills from GLWA
Summary
Water director Damon Garrett said master meters and sewer meters give Highland Park new data to renegotiate wholesale water and sewer charges with the Great Lakes Water Authority, citing past assumed usage and litigation-driven reductions in billed volumes.
Highland Park officials said new meter installations have given the city the measurement it needs to push for lower wholesale water and sewer bills from the Great Lakes Water Authority (GLWA), a development the water director said could translate into lower customer charges.
"When we got to Highland Park back in '16, GLWA said that the city's water use was 3,250,000 gallons per day," Damon Garrett said. Over time the city reduced GLWA's assumed figures through litigation and measurement — to 2.11, then 1.58 gallons per day in 2023 — and now…
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