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Blackstone board advances plan to replace aging water meters, eyes RFP approach
Summary
The Town of Blackstone discussed a town-wide water meter replacement program, receiving ballpark pricing for roughly 3,000 endpoints (installation included), weighing an RFP/specification procurement over lowest-bid selection, and agreeing to place an appropriation article on the annual town meeting warrant.
The Town of Blackstone’s Water & Sewer board opened a discussion on a program to replace the town’s aging water meters and approved moving an appropriation article to the annual town meeting warrant to fund the work.
Staff described a large-scale replacement that would cover meters that were left out of earlier rounds of work and estimated the project would take months to complete once contracted. The board heard a ballpark cost estimate for roughly 3,000 meter endpoints including installation; the transcripts present that figure as approximate and partially corrupted in the record, and staff characterized…
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