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Stratford wastewater board flags sludge-hauling costs and recommends rate options to cover $2.15 million gap
Summary
At a May 13 WPCA budget workshop, staff described a roughly $1.0 million budget increase driven largely by rising sludge-hauling and disposal costs and presented options that could raise residential rates about $50–$85 per year to cover an estimated $2.15 million revenue gap.
The Town of Stratford Water Pollution Control Authority held a special budget workshop on May 13 to address rising wastewater costs that officials say may require a user-rate increase.
Tom Hyde, speaking to the WPCA board, summarized the proposed budget increase and its drivers: "49% of that is, or $500,000, possibly up to $700,000, addresses the sludge hauling and disposal increase that took effect in July of '22," he said, and added that administrative costs and operations make up the rest of the increase.
The immediate concern is a combination of higher sludge-hauling bills and planned capital needs. Staff said they estimate roughly $1.4 million should be kept in reserve to cover engineering overages on upcoming projects and described a broader capital need for the town’s share of improvements that…
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