Growing MWRA assessments could cause town to review projects to keep down price hikes.
The good news: Belmont's water and sewer rates are "only" going up two and six percent, respectively. The bad news: It could be getting much worse in the next decade. After providing the Board of Selectmen his rate recommendations – last year the rates increased overall by 4.6 percent – for the coming fiscal year at its Monday night meeting, May 7, Peter Castanino, director of Belmont's Department of Public Works, told the board, the Water and Sewer divisions will soon review existing and future infrastructure projects in an attempt to soften the blow of expected future assessment hikes from the public authority supplying Belmont with water and sewer services. Water/Sewer combined bill 2013 Proposed 2012 2011 Average residential (5/8" …
DPW finishing repair work after early morning failure of five main water lines.
A sudden increase in pressure in a large Massachusetts Water Resources Authority line could be the culprit that caused five water mains across Belmont to rupture simultaneous early Saturday morning, Aug. 20, leaving residents and businesses with low water pressure or without service until late in the afternoon. Peter J. Castanino, director of Belmont's Department of Public Workstold Belmont Patch while supervising work at the break in Belmont Center that the multiple breaks that occurred just after 2 a.m. Saturday was "out of the ordinary." The breaks took place on Leonard Street in Belmont Center, along Brighton Street, at the intersection of Brighton and Oliver Road in the Winn Brook neighborhood and one along Franklin Street in the …
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