Middlebury taps new housing development tool

The Middle Housing CHIP process will unfold this summer and fall.

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.

The project marks the second phase in a larger effort to replace water lines in the town’s aging water distribution system.

Public works officials said the new rates are likely to add $75.42 to the average annual bill for in-town water users.

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

Addison County farmers are among those serving on a stakeholder group formed to help state officials navigate Vermont’s approach to regulating some farm operations and agricultural water quality.

95% of Addison County is in severe drought.

On Monday afternoon water department officials called off a boil water order that had been in place for more than two weeks.

Water is available starting Monday morning at 8:30 a.m. and may be picked up anytime until supplies run out at the police storage garage on Lucius Shaw Lane, which is open 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., Monday through Saturday.

Vermont will receive $63 million in the 2022 fiscal year from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law for water infrastructure, the federal Environmental Protection Agency announced Dec. 2.