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Residents challenge proposed water and wastewater rate changes and enterprise-fund subsidies
Summary
At the county's FY27 budget hearing, residents raised alarms about sudden water-bill spikes, costly sewer hookup charges and long-running service-area deficits; staff said chemical, energy and reserve transfers drive some increases and offered follow-up with enterprise-fund staff.
Several Worcester County residents used the May 5 public hearing to press county officials for clearer explanations of proposed water and wastewater fee changes and to report sudden bill increases and high hookup costs.
"It went up $55 at once," Barbara Connor told commissioners, describing a single-month bill increase of $55.38. Other residents described being forced from private septic systems onto county sewer lines with one caller saying she paid roughly $18,000 to connect after regulations changed. "I had to pay the county…
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