Water Authority Tells Councilors It Needs Cash — Or Else
Bristol County Water Authority officials told town councilors from Bristol, Warren, and Barrington that the agency will run out of cash for operating expenses by the end of next year without more revenue.
UPDATE, Dec. 23, 12:30 pm: The BCWA presented a plan that amounts to a 31-percent increase over the next five years, according to East Bay Newspapers. The Eastbayri.com website quoted state Rep. Raymond Gallison as calling the Authority "the Grinches that stole Christmas." Original article, Dec. 20, 10 am: The Bristol County Water Authority is in bad financial shape. Pamela Marchand, executive director of the water authority, delivered that message to the town councils of Bristol, Warren, and Barrington on Wednesday evening, Dec. 19, at Barrington Town Hall. The Tri-Town Meeting was set up by the water authority to brief the 15 councilors on its new strategic and financial plans, and its need for a double-digit rate hike for next year. …
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Lorraine F
5:48 pm on Wednesday, December 26, 2012
Hobo, This is about our drinking water. If that's not enough for you and "b kcaj" to take seriously, then I'm sorry for both of you. I hope you come around someday to actually having something of a serious nature to add to the conversation. I am sorry that the Patch does not do more to enforce the content on their blogs. Eventually the readers will leave, as most have already done on the … more ›