wastewater
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Vergennes considers a second bond vote for sewer project
City councilors and staff are considering a second bond vote after differing interpretations of one back in 2022.
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Opinion Middlebury must commit to its environmental goals
“The selectboard should send its Infrastructure Committee back to the drawing board”
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Vergennes sewer project gets good news — a low bid
VERGENNES — The Little City’s big wastewater treatment facility upgrade is going to cost less than previously expected. Because of this, Vergennes officials will be able to use…
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Water tower, Exchange St. pathway top Midd. Project lists
Middlebury’s municipal water reserves will increase by 1.3 million gallons by early September, thanks to a new, massive storage tower that’s being completed on Chipman Hill.
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Middlebury water, sewer rates surge
Public works officials said the new rates are likely to add $75.42 to the average annual bill for in-town water users.
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Legislative Report: Balance brings common sense
On Friday, the Vermont House of Representatives unanimously approved the final version of the landmark S.325 bill that reigns in the overreach of Act 181
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Agri-Mark fined for Middlebury Cabot plant discharge violations
The Agency of Natural Resource’s Department of Environmental Conservation fined Agri-Mark Inc. $60,000 for multiple violations of its pretreatment discharge permit at its dairy and whey processing facility…
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Middlebury OKs $49.5M sewer bond
Middlebury residents on Tuesday voted overwhelming in favor of three public works-related bond proposals, the centerpiece of which was a proposed $49.5 million upgrade of the town’s 24-year-old…
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Editorial: A bargain at $49.5 million?
This Town Meeting, Middlebury residents will decide their largest bond vote ever: a $49.5 million makeover of its 25-year-old sewer plant. Built in 2000, the 20-year projected lifespan…
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$49.5M sewer plant vote is coming
You flush your toilet, you move on, right? Well, people whose sewage ends up at Middlebury’s wastewater treatment plant are about to get a vivid reminder that there’s…
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Middlebury sewer plant makeover pegged at $50M
Middlebury’s aging wastewater treatment plant will require an investment of around $28 million to repair and update much of its aging equipment and infrastructure, according to a consultant…
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Matthew Dickerson: Wild birds part of wastewater solution
One of numerous sad stories of environmental devastation in Florida has been its many efforts spanning well over a century to drain its wonderful wetlands, including even the…
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Wastewater improvements on tap for Collins Aerospace
Collins Aerospace, which operates a major helicopter systems development and manufacturing facility in Vergennes, will use a $921,566 government grant to help build a wastewater pretreatment system.
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ARPA grant to help Collins treat wastewater
An American Rescue Plan Act grant of $829,409 awarded by the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation jointly to Collins Aerospace and the city of Vergennes will ease the…
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Wastewater-to-energy plant gets state’s OK
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Public Utility Commission has OK’d a New Hampshire company’s proposal to build a facility in Middlebury’s industrial park that will convert wastewater from area…
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Waste-to-energy plant faces state review
MIDDLEBURY — The Vermont Public Utilities Commission (PUC) during the coming months will review plans for a proposed resource recovery center at 183 Industrial Ave. that would transform…