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Mayor: city has turned on water supply to Aberdeen after multi‑year project
Summary
Havre de Grace Mayor reported Oct. 7 that the long‑planned water sale to neighboring Aberdeen is now active, with a spigot turned on last Thursday and water flowing; the mayor said the arrangement should generate revenue for the city's water fund.
Mayor Bill Martin told the council on Oct. 7 that the multi‑year effort to supply water to the city of Aberdeen has reached operational status.
The mayor said negotiations and technical work began in 2018 and terms were negotiated in 2019, but the project faced delays tied to supply‑chain, construction and pandemic disruptions. "This past Thursday, we finally turned on a spigot to the city of Aberdeen, and the water is flowing," he said, adding the sale should provide a revenue source for the city's water fund because the city has excess capacity beyond current local demand.
Mayor Martin said final adjustments (chlorine levels, pump pressures) remain part of commissioning work but that the physical connection and flow are established. He described the development as a long‑running intermunicipal effort to make use of available capacity and to create a new revenue stream.
What’s next: city staff will continue system commissioning and billing setup for the new intermunicipal service; council did not take further action at this session.
