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Carbondale staff outline water upgrades, new well and AMI opt‑out policy as drought tightens supplies

Carbondale Environmental Board · January 21, 2026
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Town staff told the board the treatment-plant upgrade and a new well will strengthen capacity but stressed drought risk; the town is applying for a DOLA grant and adopted an AMI meter opt‑out policy that shifts manual-reading costs to customers who decline.

Town staff updated the environmental board on multiple utilities projects designed to increase water-system resilience amid ongoing drought. The speaker said the town is advancing a treatment-plant upgrade this spring, has redrilled Rolling Fork Well No. 1 and plans to connect that well to the well house; bids are out and staff will submit a DOLA grant application in…

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