Is There an Alternative to the Bristol County Water Authority?

The Barrington Town Council on Monday night endorsed creating an 'exploratory committee' to look at options to the BCWA, which is set to vote tonight on proposed rate hikes.

  Barrington Town Councilors said on Monday night that they plan to explore an alternative to the Bristol County Water Authority. The BCWA is scheduled to meet today at 5:15 pm at its office in Warren, with a vote on proposed water rate increases expected. “Why not an alternative? Why not an option since it is now a water delivery system?” said Barrington Town Councilor Ann Strong at Monday night’s meeting in Town Hall. “They’re not making water anymore.” Her fellow councilors seemed to agree. They voted to endorse her creation of some sort of "exploratory committee" that would probably include members from the two other Bristol County towns, Warren and Bristol, that rely on the water authority. The water authority, in fact, has been …

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