sewer
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Letter to the editor: Voters thanked for sewer vote
I am feeling grateful to the fine citizens of Vergennes and their leaders for passing the bond for upgrading the community sewer system.
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Vergennes OKs $25.5M for big sewer overhaul
Vergennes residents on Tuesday strongly backed spending up to $25.5 million — with an expectation of major outside government funding — for a complete overhaul of the city’s…
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Editorial: The only vote for Little City’s $25M sewer bond is ‘yes’
Vergennes residents have known for a long time they need to replace their city’s antiquated wastewater treatment facility.
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Vergennes to decide on $25.5 million sewer fix
Vergennes officials are asking voters on March 1 to support spending up to $25.5 million for a complete overhaul of the city’s failing and aging sewer collection system…
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Vergennes seeks $25M sewer bond
If city officials’ and consultants’ optimism about grant support is rewarded, most Vergennes sewer users would see an annual increase over the next few years from $500 to…
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City eyes rate hike for sewer fix
The minimum bond needed to solve some of the most pressing problems of the Vergennes sewer collection and treatment system might trigger payments that could triple the city’s…
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Council reviews plans to stop sewer overflows
Engineers last week put on the table Step 1 in Vergennes’s effort to keep dirty sewerage from overflowing into Otter Creek.
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Vergennes sewer upgrade costs rise
Users of the Vergennes sewer and wastewater collection system might have to support a bond between roughly $14 million and $20 million to pay for the badly needed…
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Vergennes bags $3M more for sewer upgrade
Vergennes will receive up to $3 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding to support the planned rebuild of its wastewater collection system and upgrade to its…
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Council cool to sewer extension to Ferrisburgh development
The Vergennes City Council on Oct. 12 cited a sewer-extension policy that dates back to the 1990s in saying no to a request from development firm for a…
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Expert: Sump pumps causing city sewer overflows
It looks like city property owners will have to do more than pay for a bond to help fund what might be a $25 million upgrade to the…
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City likely to receive funds to support sewer upgrade
At the Vergennes city council’s Sept. 28 discussion of the system’s needs and how to pay for what the engineers and treatment plant operator Rick Chaput said is…
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Middlebury sewer plant eyed for $18M upgrade
MIDDLEBURY — Many humans believe 20 years old is the gateway to their prime.Not so for municipal wastewater treatment plants, which pretty much age in dog years. Middlebury’s…
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City officials looking at sewer system fix options
VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council wrestled last week with how to move forward on a comprehensive city sewer system upgrade tentatively estimated to cost $23 million. Councilors…
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City sewer in line for federal funds
VERGENNES — Vergennes officials are optimistic $3 million of federal funding is on the way to help fix a critical component of the upcoming complete overhaul of the…
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City council adopts $17M sewer plant plan
VERGENNES — The Vergennes City Council on Tuesday adopted a plan to upgrade the city’s aging sewer treatment plant that was recommended by plant operator Rick Chaput —…