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Blackstone weighs $1 million meter replacement after DEP tightens monitoring
Summary
Commissioners said the DEP recommends replacing aging meters and tightening withdrawal reporting; the commission discussed options to fund a townwide replacement—estimated at about $1,000,000—through a capital article or adding costs to water bills and agreed to prepare detailed cost estimates for Town Meeting.
The Town of Blackstone Water & Sewer Commission discussed on June 13 how to respond after the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection recommended closer meter monitoring and recommended meter replacement on roughly a 10-year cadence.
Commission staff said the town is being urged to modernize meters to meet withdrawal-permit reporting and sanitary-survey expectations.…
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