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Newport utilities director urges regional approach as treatment, lead‑line and wastewater costs rise
Summary
Robert C. Schultz Jr., director of the City of Newport Department of Utilities, told Middletown councilors that rising chemical and energy costs, lead‑service‑line work and a wastewater clarifier project all pose large fiscal challenges and argued for coordinated regional planning and state support.
Robert C. Schultz Jr., director of the City of Newport Department of Utilities, told the Town of Middletown council that the utility is operating as a de‑facto regional system and faces mounting fiscal and regulatory pressures that will require coordinated planning and additional funding.
Schultz outlined four interlocking risks — fiscal, regulatory, public‑health and aging underground assets — and described steps Newport Water has taken to modernize operations and base decisions on data and risk. He…
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