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Somerville officials say MWRA delay could raise sewer rates by multiples
Summary
City officials discussed the draft Combined Sewer Overflow plan and said the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority delayed its vote to December; implementing a higher-control option pushed by watershed groups could raise Somerville sewer rates several-fold, officials said.
Councilor Jake Wilson, chair of the Somerville City finance committee, opened a discussion of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) draft Combined Sewer Overflow (CSO) plan on Nov. 19 and invited Rich Raich, director of Infrastructure and Asset Management, to answer questions.
Raich told the committee the MWRA board postponed its vote until December after advocacy groups including the Charles River Watershed Association and Mystic River Watershed Association urged a higher level of control than the plan currently recommends. "They have been very vocal in their desire for a higher level of control,"…
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