Wastewater Plant for Region OK'D; Sewer Rates to Rise
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By Erika Pesantes, South Florida Sun-Sentinel  Dec. 15--DELRAY BEACH -- Residents' sewer rates are set to increase to pay for a $17 million deep injection well project that will pump highly treated wastewater thousands of feet beneath the ground's surface.
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By Laura McCandlish, The Baltimore Sun  Jun. 3--Soaring fuel prices and electricity rates contributed to the 12 percent increase in Carroll County's minimum combined water and sewer rates that were approved by the board of commissioners Thursday, officials said.
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By Bob Downing, The Akron Beacon Journal, Ohio  Sep. 23--Sediment is still washing into Yellow Creek in Bath Township from a new spring, but the volume might have dropped slightly.   That assessment came Thursday from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
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By Manny Gamallo, Tulsa World, Okla.  Feb. 9--SAND SPRINGS -- Water, sewer and trash customers will see a combined rate increase of 3 percent to 5 percent in next month's utility bills, city officials said.
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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS  SUMMERSVILLE - Summersville is getting more than $10 million to expand its sewage-treatment system, the state Department of Environmental Protection said.
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By Mary Landers, Savannah Morning News, Ga.  Sep. 18--When the neighbors of a proposed sewage treatment plant for Port  Wentworth got wind of its location, they got concerned.
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By Jeffrey Gaunt  jgaunt@@dailyherald.com  The Elgin City Council this week went ahead with a plan to regulate utility facilities on public right-of-ways.
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By Jared Page Deseret Morning News  Fees for new sewer connections in the southern third of Salt Lake County will increase by about $1,000 per home beginning June 1 to help pay for a planned sewage-treatment plant in Riverton, sewer district officials said.
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By Gareth McGrath, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 30--As if moratoriums and a slowing economy weren't enough,  developers in New Hanover County could soon face higher fees if they want  municipal water and sewer service for their projects.
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By Tom Kertscher, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel  May 27--CEDARBURG -- The city is proposing to expand its sewer service area, a move that could lead to the development of 600 housing units for 1,350 people west of Wauwatosa Road in the town.
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By Jake Armstrong, The Record, Stockton, Calif.  Jun. 11--TRACY -- An environmental group is appealing Tracy's recently approved permit to release more wastewater into the Old River, claiming it will only add to pollution in the fragile San Joaquin Delta ecosystem.
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By TONI-LYNN ROBBINS; OF THE NEWS STAFF  HERMON - The town has received a community planning grant to research extending public water and sewer into the village area.
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By Rick Steelhammer  rsteelhammer@wvgazette.com  Plans to relocate the sewage plant serving Pocahontas County's largest development onto the grounds of one of its smallest and oldest tourist stops came a step closer to becoming a reality on Wednesday.
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By Laura McCandlish, The Baltimore Sun  Mar. 4--Surface water is featured in plan   Several surface water options, including proposed reservoirs at Union Mills and Gillis Falls, are featured prominently in the county's updated water and sewer master plan.
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By Beth Lucas, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Sep. 16--A new wastewater treatment plant -- expected to become one of the largest in the state in coming decades -- will open within a month in Gilbert.
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By Chris Mazzolini, Star-News, Wilmington, N.C.  May 30--Wilmington and New Hanover County officials say they have made  great strides to repair the area's troubled sewer system. Now they hope the  Environmental Protection Agency will agree.
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By Julia Oliver, The Charlotte Observer, N.C.  Feb. 25--Union County's biggest sewer plant, already strained by record growth, has been fined for environmental problems far more times in recent years than any other similar size plant in the Charlotte region, according to state records.